Negatives only, 4. 3 negs. show a trailer of Brunk Revival Campaign, open at back, & group of people beside it. In neg. # 9 group of men gathered at right (volunteers who helped put the tent up?); at left H. J.Gerbrandt ? (of Altona, Bergthalerchurch) in casual dress, passes by looking at the photographer.
A typical Sommerfelder Mennonite church, traditionally white with grey trim. Not a photo but rather a picture cut out of a magazine. Used in CM 18-46-6.
This is a photo of Abram Friesen sitting beside his wife Maria posing for a studio photo. Abram Friesen is wearing a dark suit and shirt and a Russian felt hat. Maria is also wearing dark clothing with her Mennonite head covering. The Friesens farmed in Edenburg, Manitoba and the nearest studio to them would have been in Gretna, Manitoba.
Informal photo. Used in the CM 2-48-7. He was a "farmer evangelist" who spent much of the winter mo. preaching in Mennonite Churches in Man. & other provinces. Here he is sitting in a cloak room in achurch in S. Man.