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This photo is of Hacienda = ranch Santa Clara, at Sommerfeld, Mexico. The photo taken shows a house and barn on the left with family members standing and posing for a photo. On the right is a well drilling steam engine with piles of wood used for fuel. A tall pole with a pulley stands next to the machine. In the background are tents and other farm yards. Some chickens can be seen roaming the yard. -- Note: See 590:144, Neg 54. Also this item is on Mitsui CD disk 2 item 071, digital image in Tiff format. According to Peter Bergen's book "Sommerfeld Village", p. 60 this photo is of elder Abraham Doerksen's new home in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Men in the photo include Franz Voth?, Abraham Doerksen, and Doerksen's son-in-law Peter Friesen.