This is a photograph of an old woman wearing a dark kerchief surrounded by 2 men and a woman in a garden. The men are both wearing suits with ties. The women colourful dresses. The garden behind seems to be in full bloom. On the reverse is the caption in German "our Mama's birthday 1 Sept. 1972". The mother is Katharina Pauls Janzen (1882-1974), behind her is her son, Gerhard Janzen (1914-), her daughter, Katharina Janzen Pries (1910-1991) with husband Gerhard Pries (1903-1981).
This is a photograph of extended family members on the 90th birthday of Katharina Pauls Janzen who is wearing the dark kerchief. The men are wearing suits and some of the women have short-sleeved dresses indicated nice weather.
This photograph is probably a family group. Not all names are given. Two women seated on the bench have infants on their laps. The barefoot women on the far left is holding an infant wrapped in a shawl and wearing a baby bonnet. She might not be a family member. Two children are seated on the ground. Several of the boys are wearing typical belted Russian tunics or blouses. The names supplied are as follows left to right in the back row:- 1.Abram Janzen, 2.unknown, 3.Johann Janzen, 4.Gerhard Pries, 5.Anna Janzen, 6.Peter Janzen; seated row:- 1.unknown female with unknown infant, 2.Katharina Pries, 3.unknown girl, 4.unknown child, 5.Katharina Janzen with unknown child on her lap, 6. unknown child, 7.Margaretha Janzen; both girl and boy seated on the ground are not named. The group is in front of a brick building with a window on the left. The ground is also of laid bricks.
This is an unknown family photograph consisting of mother and father with five children, three girls and two boys. The sister and brother in the back row have their arms linked. One son is standing between his seated parents. Both girls in front are wearing lace-trimmed pantaloons. The mother's dress has velvet trim near the hem, on her cuffs, at the neck and down the front. She is wearing a cap or bonnet. The father is wearing a suit with vest.
This is a portrait of an unknown mother and her two children. The mother is seated and holding her naked younger child. She is wearing a long dark dress. On her left hand is a wedding band and her watch is visible under the cuff of her dress. The other child standing on the chair is a girl. She is wearing a dark dress that reaches above the knees and is tied just below the waist. She is holding a doll that looks to have a porcelain head and a soft body. Mother and daughter have dark hair. The bottom right corner is imprinted with a name, possibly the photographer.
This is photograph of two unnamed children, probably both girls, and two unnamed adults who could be the grandparents. The male might be Peter Klassen. The adults are seated, each holding a child's hand. The cloth on the floor is covering straw.
This photograph is of a father and his four sons. Father, Heinrich B. Janz, is seated in the centre at a small table. The sons are: Johann, Heinrich, Peter and Jakob. Their mother was Maria (Letkemann) Janz (1857-1894. No birth dates are currently available for Heinrich, Peter and Jacob; therefore it can't be determined which one is which.
Fonds consists of letters sent from family and friends in South Russia to Peter Priess in Manitoba in the late 1920s and early 1930s. and photographs. The letters are mostly concerned with the day-to-day activities of the writers, as well as events that might hold personal significance for them or for Peter; they mention everything from daily work and birthdays or funerals, to mass travel to Moscow or passports and the arrests of male family members by Russian authorities. Also included are a number of postcards that were sent to Peter in the 1930s, and a songbook belonging to Anna Janzen, Peter’s maternal aunt.
This is a photograph of eight people sitting on steps leading to the entrance of the house. There are two men and six women. The women are dressed in summer clothing. Katharina Priess is sitting on the knee of Franz Janzen, behind them is Anita Enns. In the centre is Gerhard Priess with Katharina Janzen behind him. On the far right in the bottom is Katharina Janzen, behind her is Margaretha Enns then Katharina Pauls behind Margaretha. Gerhard Priess and Katharina Janzen are holding coats. On the right in the photograph there is a pair of pants hanging on a washing line.
This photograph is of seven young ladies resting under a large tree. They are students at the Maedchen Schule. All are wearing dark clothing and the youngest in front has a white apron over her dress. The names are Margareta Janzen and Lena Eckert in the front row; then unknown and Schroeder; back row M. Wiebe, Helena Unger (later a Mrs. J. Friesen) and Lena Dyck. Inscription on reverse states it was taken when "I" (unknown) was in the Maedchen Schule the first year.
This photograph is of a group of young adults. It is damaged and three people cannot be identified. Four young women are wearing light coloured dresses and the men are in suits. In the photograph are:- standing toward the rear, Peter Janzen in a light coloured suit, seated in front of him is Anna Janzen, in front of her, resting on his elbow is Johann Janzen. To Anna Janzen's left is Abram Janzen, then Jacob Schultz, to his left is Aganetha Priess. Seated slightly below Aganetha Priess is Johann Janz with Margareta Janzen to his left
This is a photograph of a group of four young men, two seated and two standing. All are well dressed. Seated on the right is Heinrich Janz and standing on the left is Johann Janz. It is possible that all four are Janz brothers, sons of Heinrich Janz and Maria Letkemann.
This is a photograph of four men and four women standing in front of a clapboard style house. The woman wearing the light skirt with dark jacket and hat is Anna Janz (Janzen). The other seven are not identified. The men are all wearing hats , all different. The first woman on the right has a blanket around her shoulders. The photograph was probably taken in the early years after arriving in Canada in 1924
