272 Treffer anzeigen

Negative also. Old Order Mennonite farm. End view of house buildings, a farm building to right of laneway. Cows in foreground on the grass. Not used in CM. Likely taken in 1960s but could also be late 50s.

Negative also. Rev. Abraham Bearinger's buggy.

Waterloo County farm. In the foreground is a herd of cattle.

Waterloo County farm.

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "The Allan and Catherine Shantz family on the way to church, early twentieth century." Family of seven in a buggy drawn by two horses.

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "Two church friends, Estella Weber and Vera Cressman." Vera (Cressman) Weaver and Estella L. Weber.

The Grand River near the sites of the first Mennonite farms in Waterloo region.

This plaque was erected in 1963 to commemorate the first Mennonite Sunday School in North America, which was established in 1840. The speaker is J. C. Wenger. The plaque reads: "First Mennonite Sunday School. The first Mennonite Sunday School to be established in America was in Waterloo County, in 1840, in the Wanner and Bechtel, now Preston, meetinghouses. In October, 1941, der Deutsche Kanadier reported, 'The Sunday School started last year and begun anew this year which has been held interchangeably in the Wanner and Bechtel meetinghouses --- is enjoying good progress. The number of children is increasing and amounted to seventy-five last Sunday.' Erected in 1963 by Wanner Mennonite Church and Waterloo County Historical Society."

Stanley Snider seeing fall wheat on his farm in Waterloo County, Ontario. September 15, 1953. Hunsberger photo 47-55

Horse and buggy driving beside large snowbands by Jerry Martin's home in Waterloo County, Ontario. February 1966. Hunsberger photo 22-138

Snowy road with horse and buggy, near Noah Bowman's in Waterloo County, Ontario, during the 1950s. Hunsberger photo 76-13

L to r: Howie Meeker, Col. George Drew, and Elizabeth Jansen. Waterloo County, Ontario. May 1952. Hunsberger photo 91-14

L to r: Mayor Dr. G. Gibson, Elmira; Senator Euler; C.D. Howe; and Otto Weppler. In Waterloo County, during the 1950s. Hunsberger photo 91-15

Kitchener Mennonite Brethren radio choir singing on a local radio station in Waterloo County, Ontario, during the 1950s. The conductor is Nicholas Fehderau, the soloist is Cornelius J. Rempel, and the pastor is Frank C. Peters. Hunsberger photo 35-92

Waterloo Region gift to Queen Elizabeth. June 28, 1973. This photo was published in "Mennonite Reporter," July 9, 1973, with the following caption: "These bronze sculptures of an Old Order man and woman were presented to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, on her June 28 visit to the Waterloo-Kitchener area. Presentation was made by Jack Young, Waterloo Region chairman. The sculptures were done by Waterloo artist Renie Ellis. Mennonites constitute about 10 percent of what before regional government was Waterloo County." Hunsberger photo 92-20