Community members gathered outdoors with food supplies brought for a barn raising. Corresponding section of the Brubacher House script reads: "Although work begins at 8:00 a.m. most helpers have done a lot of chores at home before they arrive. They bring enough food with them to feed all the workers."

Women preparing lunchtime meal for the barn raising crew. Corresponding section from the Brubacher House script reads: "The women work hard preparing the food they brought."