This photo is of the entrance to the supermarket of the Neuland coop in Asuncion. Neuland Colony is co-owner of the CO-OP dairies together with Fernheim Colony.
This photo is of Aboriginal workers unloading tiles for the supermarket that is being built in Loma Plata, Menno Colony. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 200.
This photo is of Epp riding horse back, corralling his Brahma cattle at his ranch in Fernheim Colony. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 187.
This photo is of a young Mennonite woman attending a telephone switchboard in a Mennonite Colony in Paraguay, likely Fernheim. A local phone-system was established in the 1940s in Fernheim Colony, and for about 50 years this system was the only communication the settlers had to their neighbours and other villages. In the year 2000, this old system was ultimately replaced by fixed land lines and cell phones, which were introduced into the Mennonite settlements in the Paraguayan Chaco in the 1990s.
This photo is of the inside of the Mennonite Church in Neu Halbstadt, Neuland Colony, Paraguay. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 189.
This photo is of the doorway of the Mennonite Church in Neu Halbstadt, Neuland Colony, Paraguay. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 153.