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.
This photo is of the outside of the Concordia Mennonite Church in Asuncion, Paraguay. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 156.
This photo is of a male Latin Paraguayan leprocy patient sitting on a bed at the Mennonite leprocy hospital Km 81 (in reference to its disctance from Asuncion) in Paraguay. His feet are wrapped.
This photo is of Dr. Carlos Wiens explaining traits of Hansen's Disease at the Mennonite leprocy hospital Km 81 (in reference to the distance from Asuncion) in Paraguay.
This photo is of two "home-made" wheelchairs for patients at the Mennonite leprocy hospital Km 81 (in reference to its distance from Asuncion) in Paraguay.