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Alice Dueck of Coaldale, Alberta, secretary for MCC South America Director Frank J. Wiens, works at a desk at the Mennonite Central Committee office in Asuncion, Paraguay. 1961 label: “Alice Dueck, Coaldale, Alberta, is secretary for MCC South American Director Frank J. Wiens in Asuncion, Paraguay.”

View of the exterior of the MCC Center auditorium in Asuncion, Paraguay. 1961 label: “The exterior of the auditorium. At the opposite end of the auditorium are 3 additional guest rooms.” Handwritten: “The auditorium from the outside / to left – other end of auditorium, are 3 additional guest rooms.- / M.C.C. Center – Asuncion Foto by Peter Epp”

Frank Wiens (left), the director of MCC in Paraguay, and Orie O. Miller, Associate Executive Secretary of MCC in Akron, stand in front of the doors of the Mennonite Central Committee headquarters building in Asuncion, Paraguay. A sign above the door reads, “MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE of U.S.A. and CANADA.” 1959 label: “Director Frank Wiens, and Assoc. Executive Secretary Orie Miller in front of Asuncion MCC building.”

South America Director for Mennonite Central Committee, Frank Wiens of Reedley, California, sits at his desk in MCC’s Asuncion office and looks over a piece of paper held in his hands. He wears a bowtie, and behind him is a window. Paraguay. 1961 label: “MCC South America Director Frank Wiens, Reedley, California at work in his office at Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. This is the South America MCC headquarters.”

Interior view of the MCC Center auditorium in Asuncion, Paraguay, facing the audience as they get up to leave after the auditorium’s dedication service. A floral arrangement, washed-out by light, obscures part of the foreground. 1961 label: “On Dedication Day, Oct 29, 1961, the auditorium was dedicated. Here visitors are leaving after the services.” Handwritten: “Visitors leaving auditorium on dedication day – Oct. 29/61 / M.C.C. center Asuncion,- photo by Peter Epp”

Interior view of the MCC Center auditorium in Asuncion, Paraguay, facing the audience as they get up to leave after the auditorium’s dedication service, October 29, 1961. A floral arrangement, washed-out by light, obscures part of the foreground. 1962 label: “The auditorium in Asuncion after a meeting.”

View of the interior of the MCC Center auditorium in Asuncion, Paraguay. Many empty chairs can be seen in the foreground, and the stage (with three plants on it) fills the center of the photo. A piano sits to the left of the stage. 1961 label: “The auditorium interior at the MCC Center in Asuncion. The picture taken from the rear of the auditorium.” Handwritten: “Inside the Auditorium looking at the stage from back.”

View of the interior of the MCC Center auditorium in Asuncion, Paraguay. Empty chairs can be seen in the foreground, and the stage (with three plants on it) fills the center of the photo. A piano sits to the left of the stage, and a group of women fill many of the chairs nearby it. 1961 label: “The auditorium stage taken from half way back to the rear. MCC Center, Asuncion.” Handwritten: “a closer look at stage inside auditorium / M.C.C. center Asuncion – Foto by Peter Epp”

View of the interior of the MCC Center auditorium in Asuncion, Paraguay. Many empty chairs can be seen in the foreground, and the stage (with three plants on it) fills the center of the photo. A piano sits to the left of the stage. 1962 label: “The newly dedicated auditorium in Asuncion—the interior.”

Interior of the Mennonite Central Committee office in Asuncion, Paraguay. At left is Margaret Braun (also spelled Margeret), at right is Peter Epp (of Wheatly, Ontario), and behind him is Alice Dueck. Desks, typewriters, a filing cabinet, and other office furniture can be seen. A map hangs on the wall at left, and large doors fill much of the back wall. 1961 label: “MCC office in Asuncion, Paraguay: Left is Margeret Braun, right is Peter Epp, Wheatly, Ontario.” Additionally: “behind Peter Alice Dueck / see other picture of Alice.”

The front of the two-story Mennonite Central Committee headquarters building in Asuncion, Paraguay. Balconies can be seen on the second story, and painted or graffitied roughly on a wall in front of the building are the words “VIVA LA Juventud Com” (Hurrah, the youth [incomplete word cut off by photo]). Plants can be seen in the space between the wall and the building. 1959 label: “MCC home in Asuncion.”

The front of the two-story Mennonite Central Committee headquarters building in Asuncion, Paraguay. Balconies can be seen on the second story, and painted or graffitied roughly on a wall in front of the building are the words “VIVA LA Juventud” (Hurrah, the youth). Plants can be seen in the space between the wall and the building. 1959 label: “MCC Headquarters in Paraguay.”

Four people work at desks in the Menno Travel Service office in Asuncion, Paraguay. From left to right: Werner Thielman, Anna Marie Federan, Lotte Braun, and Juan Neufeld. A very full bookshelf or cabinet can be seen in the background. 1961 label: “Menno Travel Service office / left – right: Werner Fhielman [Thielman?], Anna Marie Federan, Lotte Braun, Jaun [Juan?] Neufeld”

Peter Epp leads an evening program at the MCC Home in Asuncion, Paraguay. People fill the chairs on both sides of the aisle in the room. Behind Peter Epp is a piano. 1954 label: “Mission Sunday –evening program at the MCC Home –Asuncion Peter Epp leader.” [it is unclear but probable that the MCC Home, MCC Headquarters, and MCC Center referred to in this folder are all the same place]