This photo is of Peter A. Toews standing with his wife, Maria Klassen, in a garden posing for a photo. Bishop Toews is wearing a minister's coat and Mrs. Toews is wearing a black head covering. He was elected minister in 1929, elected Bishop in 1931 and was bishop until 1951.
This photo is of the Manitoba Sommerfeld Mennonite Church ministers with some of their Old Colony and Saskatchewan Bergthaler colleagues who met for a consultation in Altona, MB. The men are dressed in dark shirts and black jackets. They are standing outside the Altona Sommerfeld Mennonite church building posing for a photo. For identification of the ministers see Church Family village, p. 102.
This photo is of the former Sommerfeld Mennonite Church building in Altona, Manitoba on the corner of Centre Ave. and 2nd St. S.W. The building was bought by the Optimist Club of Altona. In the foreground are headstone in the Sommerfeld cemetery. The photo was taken in winter.
This photo is of the former Sommerfeld Mennonite Church building in Altona, Manitoba on the corner of Centre Ave. and 2nd St. S.W. The building was bought by the Optimist Club of Altona. The photo was taken in winter and the back end of a car can be seen in the foreground on the bottom right.
This photo is of the Sommerfeld Mennonite Church building in Altona, Manitoba on 14th Ave. The photo was taken in winter, looking south with the parking lot in the foreground. This building was constructed in 1984.
This photo is of three older women standing in front of a building posing for a photo in the winter. They are wearing traditional indoor clothing. The women are at the Altona train station saying good by to friends and relatives leaving for Paraguay. Front row left side is Helen Stoesz (Helen Harder)
This photo is of a large group of people waiting at the Altona train station, [facing east towards main street?]. A building on the far left has the word "Altona" on the roof.
This photo is of the women at the consultation with the Manitoba Sommerfeld Mennonite Church ministers with their Old Colony and Saskatchewan Bergthaler colleagues in Altona. The women are dressed in various dresses and most have either a hat or head covering. They are standing outside the Altona Sommerfeld Mennonite church building posing for a photo. For identification of these women see Church Family village, p. 103.