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Hoffnungsfeld, the warehouse after the fire.
The photo shows seven men sifting through the smoldering ruins of the warehouse fire in Hoffnungsfeld in January 1929. There are sheets of corrugated tin lying in the foreground. The Chaco bush surrounds the area.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Hoffnungsfeld, the first residential houses (1928)
The photo shows an indigenous person standing in front of two primitive houses in Hoffnungsfeld in 1928. The homes are in a treed area and a primitive cart is seen on the right side in the foreground. A hammock is attached to two trees in front of the doorway of one home. The homes appear to be made of clay bricks with thatched roofs.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Hoffnungsfeld, cotton (B/II) 1928/29.
The photo shows a man standing in the middle of a cotton field in Hoffnungsfeld. In the distance is the Chaco bush.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Hoffnungsfeld, a linen plantation made by the Mennonites.
The photo shows a Mennonite standing in the middle of a blooming field of flax. There appears to be some kind of separation, perhaps a fence or wall, between the field and the Chaco bush in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Waldheim, David K. Fehr, corn and potatoes.
The photo shows David Fehr standing between a field of potatoes and a field of corn in Waldheim. The person standing next to him could be one of his children.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Waldheim, Heinrich B. Toews, a sample of the harvest.
The photo shows Heinrich Toews showing off a small sample of the harvest in Waldheim. [Maria Toews] is on the left holding corn, their child is in the middle holding a wedge of watermelon, and Heinrich is on the right holding sorghum. On the ground in front of them there appears to be a sunflower head, cucumbers, more watermelons and some squash.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Waldheim, Heinrich B. Toews in a beet field.
The photo shows Heinrich B. Toews standing in the middle of a beet field in Waldheim. The Chaco bush can be seen in the distance.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Laubenheim: Cornelius B. Suderman tilling the land
The photo shows Cornelius Suderman tilling the land in a field in Laubenheim. This field is separated from a neighbouring field by a log and barbed wire fence. Two people are seen in the distance.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Bergthal: Johan R. Funk cotton and corn fields
The photo shows Johan Funk and two other men standing in the cornfield in Bergthal. Beside the corn is a field of cotton and in the distance is the homestead.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Bergthal: Jacob B. Goertzen in a field of peanuts
The photo shows Jacob B. Goertzen with his five children, standing in a field of peanuts in Bergthal.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
The photo shows a Johan R Funk field in Bergthal. The buildings on the homestead are seen in the distance.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Waldheim: Bernhard F. Penner in a pumpkin field
The photo shows Bernhard Penner and two other men in a field of pumpkins. A corn field is seen beyond the field of pumpkins.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Laubenheim, Johann B. F. Toews, potatoes.
The photo shows Johann Toews standing in the middle of a field of potatoes in Laubenheim.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Waldheim, David K. Fehr, basement dwelling.
The photo shows David Fehr along with two men and a youth in front of what appears to be the above ground portion of an in-ground dwelling in Waldheim. There are two other structures on the homestead surrounded by Chaco bush.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Waldheim, David K. Fehr, partial view of the homestead.
The photo shows at least five buildings on the homestead of David K. Fehr in Waldheim. The homestead is surrounded by a barbed wire and log fence. In the foreground are rows of young plants.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929