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This photo is a copy of number 75. This photo is of Hacienda = ranch Santa Clara, farms at Sommerfeld lot 15. The photo taken shows a number of farm yards in the village of Sommerfeld, Mexico on the right hand side of the photo are the buildings. There is a fence and plowed areas of land. On the far left is a car with a man standing beside it. In the background you can see the flat landscape give way to hills.. - Note: See 590:146, Neg 41. Also this item is on Mitsui CD disk 3 item 124, digital image in Tiff format. -- Note: Photos 121-137 appear to be mostly duplicates of earlier photos, but without identification such as place and sometimes date. These tend not to have faded as badly as the others

This photo is of Hacienda = ranch Santa Clara, well drilling at Sommerfeld, Mexico. The photo taken shows 9 men and woman standing around a steam powered drill used to drill water wells in Mexico. On the right are 3 men with 2 teams of horses, pulling wagons full of wood used for fuel in the steam engine.. -- Note: See 590:144, Neg 53. Also this item is on Mitsui CD disk 2 item 070, digital image in Tiff format.

This photo is of Hacienda = ranch Santa Clara, farm of J.J. Loewen, Sommerfeld, Mexico. The photo taken shows plowed field in the foreground with car tracks leading to a farm yard with a wire fence around it. There are 2 buildings on the yard including a plain wooden house . In the background are hills. On the extreme left in the background there appears to be another yard. -- Note: See 590:145, Neg 43. Also this item is on Mitsui CD disk 2 item 074, digital image in Tiff format.

This photo is of Hacienda = ranch Santa Clara, Plowing at Sommerfeld, The photo taken shows 3 men standing in the corner of a field. A team of 4 horses hitched to a plow stand near by. In the background are buildings, tents and in the far background are trees and hills. -- Note: See 590:145, Neg 49. Also this item is on Mitsui CD disk 2 item 080, digital image in Tiff format.

This photo is of Hacienda = ranch Santa Clara, farm at Sommerfeld, Mexico. The photo taken shows a farm in the village of Sommerfeld, Mexico. On the left is a plowed field. There are 3 main building son the property including a brick flat roof building, a large tent and a wood structure that has a car parked in front of it on the right side of the photo. In the centre is a man walking behind a horse. In the background on the right side appears to be a fence and another farm yard. -- Note: See 590:144, Neg 56. Also this item is on Mitsui CD disk 2 item 073, digital image in Tiff format.

This photo is of Hacienda = ranch Santa Clara, farms at Sommerfeld lot 15. The photo taken shows a number of farm yards in the village of Sommerfeld, Mexico on the right hand side of the photo are the buildings. There is a fence and plowed areas of land. On the far left is a car with a man standing beside it. In the background you can see the flat landscape give way to hills. -- Note: See 590:145, Neg 44. Also this item is on Mitsui CD disk 2 item 075, digital image in Tiff format.

This photo is of Hacienda = ranch Santa Clara, at Sommerfeld, home of Peter A. Friesen. The photo taken shows 8 men and 7 women standing next to the house posing for a photo. On the left side is a wooden barn where a car is parked. On the right is a long house made of bricks and has a flat roof. -- Note: See 590:145, Neg 48. Also this item is on Mitsui CD disk 2 item 079, digital image in Tiff format.

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.

This photo is of students and a teacher standing outside their mud brick school building posing for a photo. Boys are on the right, and girls on the left with the teacher, Heinrich Friesen, in the middle. Boys, from left to right is: Diedrich Kehler, Gerhard Voth, Dave Goertzen, Jacob Doerksen, Peter Voth, Peter Loewen?, John Loewen, Peter Doerksen, Frank Falk, Wilhelm Goertzen. Centre is the teacher, girls: Sara Doerksen, Tina Falk, Mary Goertzen, Anna Doerksen, Agnaetha Voth, Susana Doerksen, Sara Voth.