Individual portraits of Mennonite residents in the Maedchenheim, Eben Ezer, Winnipeg on one large photo. The house parents were Mr and Mrs P.H. Enns. The resident was located at 605 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg.
The leadership and young women of the Ebenezer girls home established by the Conference of Mennonites in Canada to help young Mennonite women who worked as domestics in Winnipeg, often to support their families in rural areas and to help pay off the immigration travel debt. Included are 32 young women (all named), an image of the house, and the 6 staff which included Aganetha Epp, Mrs. B. Ewert, Benjamin Ewert, J. H. Enns, Mrs. J. H. Enns, and Helen Epp.
This photo is of a large group of young women connected connected with the Eben Ezar Girls Home in Winnipeg with houseparents Selinde and Alexander Fast and Aeltester J.P and Helene Klassen in the front row.
This item is one of five photos in a small scrapbook album created after a reunion of women associated with the Eben-Ezer Girls Home, which took place 6 August 1961 in a park in Vancouver, BC. Each photo has a description including the names of the women. The booklet also includes part of the program (i.e. poems written for the 25th anniversary of the home) and statistics such as a list of women who have become widowed in the previous 35 years, and a list of associates that died in the previous 35 years. (#37-41)
This item is one of five photos in a small scrapbook album created after a reunion of women associated with the Eben-Ezer Girls Home, which took place 6 August 1961 in a park in Vancouver, BC. Each photo has a description including the names of the women. The booklet also includes part of the program (i.e. poems written for the 25th anniversary of the home) and statistics such as a list of women who have become widowed in the previous 35 years, and a list of associates that died in the previous 35 years. (#37-41)
This item is one of five photos in a small scrapbook album created after a reunion of women associated with the Eben-Ezer Girls Home, which took place 6 August 1961 in a park in Vancouver, BC. Each photo has a description including the names of the women. The booklet also includes part of the program (i.e. poems written for the 25th anniversary of the home) and statistics such as a list of women who have become widowed in the previous 35 years, and a list of associates that died in the previous 35 years. (#37-41)
In this photograph the ladies are looking at photos from the Maedchenheim and sharing memories. The lady in the wheelchair is Tante Klassen. This item is one of five photos in a small scrapbook album created after a reunion of women associated with the Eben-Ezer Girls Home, which took place 6 August 1961 in a park in Vancouver, BC. Each photo has a description including the names of the women. The booklet also includes part of the program (i.e. poems written for the 25th anniversary of the home) and statistics such as a list of women who have become widowed in the previous 35 years, and a list of associates that died in the previous 35 years. (#37-41)
This item is one of five photos in a small scrapbook album created after a reunion of women associated with the Eben-Ezer Girls Home, which took place 6 August 1961 in a park in Vancouver, BC. Each photo has a description including the names of the women. The booklet also includes part of the program (i.e. poems written for the 25th anniversary of the home) and statistics such as a list of women who have become widowed in the previous 35 years, and a list of associates that died in the previous 35 years. (#37-41)
A snapshot of Mary and Sophie Penner standing in the front yard of the Ebenezer Girls' Home in Winnipeg in 1936; Victoria Albert School is in background. The ladies are wearing white blouses and dark skirts.
Young ladies standing on stairway entrance to church. left to right: Back row: 1.2.3. 2nd row 1. 2.3. Remainder going down, left to right: 1. 2. , 3. face hidden, 4. 5. 6. 7.