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Peter Riedeger - Susanna Heinrichs

This photo is of Peter Riediger and his wife Susanna, née Heinrichs, who were married July 26, 1884. Maria is wearing a dark dress with some embroidered detail on the front. On the top of her head is a small round hat. Peter is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and dark tie. His hair is parted in the centre and he has a mustache.

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Anna Heinrichs - Isaak Lehn

This photo is of Isaak Lehn and his wife Anna Lehn, née Anna Heinrichs. The photo is taken inside, against a tropical backdrop.The couple is sitting inside an ornate rowboat; each one is holding an oar in their left hand. There are big feathers draped across the front of the boat. Anna is wearing a light-coloured blouse with a sailor collar and a darker skirt. She has a light-coloured hat on her head. Isaak is sitting behind her. Isaak has a mustache and is wearing a light-coloured jacket, dark bow tie, and dark pants. On his head is a dark hat.

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Children of Herman Herm. & Maria E. Bergman

This photo is of the children of Herman and Maria Bergman. Standing in the back row are Helen and Maria. Sitting in the first row from left to right are Herman, Albert, Agnes, and Anna. The girls are all wearing white dresses. Young Herman is wearing a sailor outfit and the baby is dressed in white. The photo is taken indoors.

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Abram Bergmann - Anna Dick

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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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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Kornelius Jacob Heinrichs - Helena Epp

This photo is of Kornelius Jacob Heinrichs and his wife Helena Epp. The couple is seated at a small table covered with a lot of pictures. Helena is wearing a pretty white dress. Her hair is combed up and back and has a white bow pinned to it. Kornelius is wearing a dark suit.

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Disk-Harrow

A picture of a farm implement in South Russia. The machine has three sets of large disks on 3 axles held together on one frame. A seat and hitch are included.

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Plow

A photo of an old fashioned plow. This two bottom plow has two wheels, a depth gauge, a hitch on one end and a handle on the other. Taken from P.M. Friesen, The Mennonite Brotherhood in Russia (1789-1910), English translation, p. 877.

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Farm Implement, Seeder

A black and white photo of a drawing of a farm implement, possibly from an advertisement. It is a seeding plow with a long box on top for the seed and a row of metal shovels below the box to cultivate the ground. A similar image was published in Die Mennonitische Rundschau April 29, 1925, p. 24 , which called it "Der Drillkultivator" or Drill Cultivator. (The word "Mähmaschinen"is written below the picture but may be for a picture below it which is not seen.) For sale possibly in Olgafeld, Gou. Taurien, or New-York, Gouv. Jekaterinosla. See "Ontario Mennonite History," October 2015 for further information.

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Binder

Picture of a binder used in agriculture in [pre-revolutionary Russia ?]. Possibly taken from a newspaper picture.

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Home (estate) of a Mennonite Elder in South Russia

The printing under this photo states that it is the home of a Mennonite elder in south Russia. On the street in the foreground a number of people sit in a carriage drawn by two white horses. One man stands behind it. A fence runs along the edge of the street. Two imposing archways are located along the fence. Two groups of people are standing in front of the fence near the archways. A row of trees grow just inside the fence and part of a brick house peeks out between the trees. A white shuttered window can be seen. Another house can be seen at the extreme left hand edge of the picture. Taken from P.M. Friesen, p. 679 (850).

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Horses hitched to wagon in winter

A grainy picture of a team of horses hitched to a plow in winter. Everything is covered with snow. A Mennonite style home and shed are in the background with a fence running in front of the buildings. An unidentifiable man is to the left of the horses and what appears to be a pile of logs are in front of the man and the horses.

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Group of men in forestry service in Russia

This is a photo of a group of approximately 60 men in the Russian forestry service, "Forsteidienst". It is the Alt Berdyan detachment from the years 1910, 1911, and 1912. Here young Mennonite men were obliged to complete 3 years of forestry and tree nursery service. The picture was taken in October, 1912 at Forester Siewitsky's anniversary celebration (Jubelaeumsfeste). He had served in the forestry service at Alt Berdjan, Altagir for 35 years. On this day the highest government title of Sir Excellence (Sir Exellens) was bestowed on him. The men are dressed in military style uniforms. Three distinguished looking older men sit in the center of the first row. They are also in uniform but of a somewhat different style including longer coats. The group poses right in front of a large brick building with a tiled roof and some windows. Several trees can be seen between the house and the men. Following are the names of the Forstei recruits:
First Row left to right: 1. ? 2. ? 3. Heinrich Lepp ( Muntau) 4. Wittenberg (Altenau) 5. Peter Penner, (Muntau) 6. Heinrich Enns (Tiegenhof) 7. Nikolai Enns, minister and agriculturalist (Okonom) 8. His Sir Excellence the forester Siewitsky 9. Aleksaef, the forester's assistant 10. Starskii, Warkentin (Crimea)

  1. John Dick (Altenau) 12. Loewen (Old Colony) 13. Jakob Janzen (Ackerman) 14. Peter Rempel (Paulsheim) 15. David Hamm (Spat Crimea)

Second Row: 1. John Renpenning (Lindenau) 2. Kornelsen (Friedensruh) 3. Regehr (Sparau) 4. Fast (Tiegenhof) 5. John Enns (Brazil) 6. David Wedel (Gnadenheim) 7. John Martens (Margenau) 8. Heinrich Foth (Gnadenfeld) 9. Tiesen (Rudnerweide) 10. Harms (Tiegerweide) 11. Heinrich Janzen (Konteniusfeld) 12. John Langemann (Spat, Crimea) 13. Franz Heinrichs 14. John Doerksen (Kleefeld)

  1. Franz Quiring 16. John Braun (Muntau) 17. John Boldt (Friedensruh) 18. Guenther (Old Colony).

Third Row: 1. Peter Enns (Fuerstenwerder) 2. John Reimer (Tiegenhagen) 3. Jakob Neufeld 4. Loewen (Memrik) 5. Friesen (Memrik) 6.Heinrich Willems [bishop?] 7. John Derksen (Fischau) 8. Abram Heide (Gnadenheim) 9. Heinrich Wiebe (Djurman, Crimea) 10. Hans Epp (Rosenort) 11. John Friesen (Halbstadt) 12. Jakob Dueck (estate owner) 13. Jakob Willems (Halbstadt) 14. John Dueck (Crimea)

  1. Peter Goertzen (Halbstadt) 16 Isaak Wiens (Terek) 17. Jakob Enns (Tiegenhagen) 18. Jakob Fast (Alexanderkron).

Fourth Row: Johann Martens (Tiegenhagen) 2. Jakob Willems (Fuerstenwerder) 3. Peter Ewert (Fuerstenwerder) 4. Peter Poetger (Lichtfelde) 15. Johann Dick (Fischau) 6. Jakob Neufeld (Friedensruh) 7. Gerhard Toews (Fuerstenau) 8. Peter Harder (Fischau) 9. Abram Harder (Lichtfelde) 10. John Klassen (Fuerstenwerder 11. Peter Kliewer (Schoensee) 12 David Klassen (Rownopoll) 13. Johann Klassen (Schoensee) 14. Johann Tjart (Tillensky) 15. Wilhelm Schultz (Krim) 16. Jakob Wiens (Blumenort) 17. Teichroeb (Blumstein) 18. Gerhard Enns (Taschenak) 19. Jakob Rogalsky (Krim) 20. Isaak Rempel (Rosenort)

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