- CA MHC 660-18.0
- Einzelstück
- [between 1895-1914?]
This unidentified photo has a Russia greeting written on the back and is addressed to "Elena Davidovna Harder". Could she be a sister to Olga Albrecht (nee Harder) (1899-1992)?
This unidentified photo has a Russia greeting written on the back and is addressed to "Elena Davidovna Harder". Could she be a sister to Olga Albrecht (nee Harder) (1899-1992)?
This photo is of Abram Bergmann and Anna Dick (Dyck) taken on their wedding day in 1901. The bride is wearing a long white dress and long veil. She is holding a large white bouquet. The groom is wearing a dark suit with a long coat, white shirt, and white bow tie.
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Peter Unruh - Maria Korn. Heinrichs
This photo is of Peter Unruh and Maria Kornelius Heinrichs. The couple is seated at a small round table.
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Julius Kor. Heinrichs - Katherine Friesen
This photo is Julius Kornelius Heinrichs and Katherine Friesen taken on their wedding day in 1906. Julius is standing beside a small table. He is wearing a dark suit with a long coat. He has a white boutonniere pinned to his left lapel. Katherine is seated beside Julius. She is wearing a long white dress and a long veil. The dress has dark trim on the bodice. The bride is leaning against her husband.
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Mennonite Hospital Corps, Wirballen (Winter, 1915)
Teil vonEurope Photograph Collection
This is a photo published in the Mennonitische Rundschau. It is a copy of a photo taken in 1915 of a group of Russian Mennonite medical corps conscripts posing beside their hospital train. They are in Wirballen in German captivity. The sentences below the picture say," This picture was kindly sent to us by Pastor Firtz Foth, Kaiserslautern, Germany, whose letter appeared on page 7 in the last edition of the "M.R." Who can send us the names of the Mennonite medics on this picture and briefly describe the group's experiences? Editor." Someone has used colored pen to identify two of the men: 2nd from left first row is a Jakob Kroeker, Neukirch, and 3rd from right - the tallest man on the picture - Willms from Tiege.
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Johann Wieler
This photo is of Jacob and Elizabeth (Born) Schmidt and their sons Henry and George. Son Henry was born in Herzenberg, Russia 1909. Son George was born in Herzenberg, Russia 1911.
Gerhard and Katharina Born of Schoensee
This photo is of Katharina Born (nee Katharina Walde) wearing a head covering, posing with her husband and Gerhard Born. Katharina was born in Schonsee Russia in 1851, died Dec 19 1919. Gerhard was born in Russia, June 15, 1847, died March 1920.
Kobalevskiy, L.P. ( Luka Pawlowitsch)
This photo is of Elizabeth Born, the mother of John M Schmidt, at the age of 18. She was born in Herzenberg, Russia in Feb 1889, and died in Abbotsford, BC in 1983.
Harold with his father, Jakob Reimer
This photo is of baby Harold being held aloft by his father, Jakob Reimer.
C.F. Klassen signature on photo
This photo is the back of the Moscow German Choir photograph, which is signed by C.F. Klassen, 1925. (reference to choir photograph NP201-01-24)
This photo is of CF and Mary with their nanny, Nina Shokoyskaya (left), 1927. They are sitting on a bench outside in Russia.
Mary at the American Mennonite Relief Office
This photo is of Mary at the American Mennonite Relief Office. Inscription on the front of the desk (where Mary is sitting) reads in Russian: "American Mennonite Relief."
Erika and Oleg's dacha, Russia
This photo is of Erika and Oleg's dacha outside of Moscow, Russia.
Butovski Polygon Brochure Photo
This photo is of the Butovski Polygon shrine. The image is part of a brochure for Butovski Polygon, which is also called Ruassia's "Golgotha." The brochure was sent to Maureen and Herb by Erika.