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This photo is of the Customs House when entering Honduras. The photo shows a van crossing the boarder into Honduras and a truck which has just left. Two vehicles are parked on the right side in front of the customs building.Two men are standing in front of the building on the left side and one is walking toward the building.

This photo is of a family resting in a large concrete culvert pipe. inside this temporary home in East Pakistan [later known as Bangladesh] is a mother and two children. They are resting on a large straw mat. A number of metal bowls are in the entrance to this pipe. Inside the pipe on the left side is also a basket. In the background beyond the pipe are some people who appear to be standing in a line. A building can be seen behind the people.

This photo is an aerial view of Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo. The photo shows the Collège Albert Ier. The chapel is in the centre right. To the right of the chapel, a section of the Sacré - Coeur dormitory can be seen.

This photo is of Atlee Beechy of Goshen, Indiana. Mr. Beechy was the former director of Vietnam Christian Service and was on the MCC Executive Committee.

This photo is of Roy Kiser (right?), treasurer of the Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions, presenting a cheque for $6393.96 to Paul Myers (left?), MCC's assistant treasurer. The description on the back says that this represented the culmination of the first relief sale held in Augusta County, Virginia on September 30, 1967.

This photo is of I. R. Dyck of Winkler, Manitoba. Mr. Dyck was the MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) and MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Agency) representative in Paraguay.

This photo is of Paul Leatherman who was the Associate Director of Volunteer Service for MCC in Akron, Pennsylvania.

This photo is of a refugee camp near Amman, Jordan. There are a few temporary metal structures in the photo. Most of the shelters are tents. The ground is bare. The terrain in the background is very gently rolling.
On the back of the photo it says, "Temporary shelters replace tents in Jordanian refugee camps near Amman."

This photo is of Gerald Short on the right standing beside a storekeeper in Mexico who is pouring something onto a scale. A woman, carrying a pail on her shoulder, is standing in front of the counter. The description on the back says, " Gerald Short, Archbold, Ohio, a Paxman in Mexico, works with storekeepers in small villages. He has set up a pig fattening project behind each store. The storekeepers take care of the pigs and thus demonstrate to their customers how to produce a fat pig in a short time."

This photo is of the annual meeting of the Mennonite Central Committee held at the Midland Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, January 24 - 25, 1968. The photo shows four tables set up in a square. Additional chairs are set up in rows on the left and right sides of the photo. The chairs are occupied almost exclusively by men.

This photo is of a conversation of three men at a consultation on World Hunger and Population Pressures. The description on the back says, "J. Benton Rhoades (center), executive secretary of the Agricultural Missions, Inc., discusses a point of his address, "Programs for Agricultural Development in Latin America" with Vern Preheim of MCC. The occasion was the consultation on World Hunger and Population Pressures, Chicago, Ill. May 24-26, 1968. Atlee Beechy, Assistant secretary of MCC looks on."

This photo is of Mark Yoder and Lewis Yoder presenting William Snyder with a check for MCC. The description on the back says, "Mark Yoder, chairman of the Big Vally relief Committee near Belleville, Pa., and Lewis Yoder, a committee member presented William Snyder, executive secretary of MCC with a check for $12, 500 on May 16. They also donated three hammermills."

This photo is of a handwritten hymnary in the U.S.S.R. The description on the back says, "Because of the scarcity of hymnaries and Bibles, many believers copy these into their own notebooks, taking them with them to the church services."

This photo is of a Mennonite family with six young children sitting in front of a building, possibly their home, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

This photo is of a shipment of livestock that has arrived in Asuncion, Paraguay. The photo shows the livestock being unloaded onto a truck from a U. S. Air Force plane. A large group of men are looking on. The description on the back says, "Unloading the livestock in Asuncion, Paraguay in the late afternoon, Monday, Sept. 16, about 53 hours after leaving Wichita, KS.