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This photo is of a large group (56) of Sunday School children and Anna Thiessen, who is in the back, far left.

This photo is a portrait of Anna Thiessen and a large group of 27 girls in a sewing class, posing for a photo with some of their sewing. This was part of Anna Thiessen's community mission work in Winnipeg.

This photo is of 12 men and women posing for a photo inside the church building at the corner of Manitoba ave. and McKenzie street. The address was 652 Manitoba ave. Beside the choir is a foot pump organ with German sayings on the clapboard walls. This photo is of the same group of people as NP045-01-13 which as identification of the choir members. Anna Thiessen in middle row second from left.

This photo is of Sunday School children and adults at the Mennonite Brethren church at the corner of Manitoba and MacKenzie, Winnipeg. 2 copies. This building was known as the German Baptist Mission Chapel which was rented by the Mennonite Brethren group. Second row from back, 4th from left is Anna Thiessen and 7th from left is William Bestvater.

This photo is a portrait of the first Mennonite Brethren choir in Winnipeg at the church on 652 Manitoba and McKenzie street - the German Baptist Mission Chapel, which the Mennonite Brethren group rented.
Back row: Gottlieb Wensel, Schulz, William Bestvater, Janke.
Middle row: Oehme, Lina's Mutter, Anna Thiessen, Anna (Bestvater) Redecopp.
Front row: Olga Klee, Lina Oehme, Tina Loewen, Adela Rosen, Philip Hamburger.

This photo is portrait of Anna Thiessen. Anna was an early city missionary in Winnipeg. Working out of the North End Chapel, she did home visits, hospital visits, Sunday School, sewing classes, and became the matron of the Mary Martha Home in Winnipeg.

This photo is a portrait of Anna Thiessen and six girls she worked with before Anna was involved with the Mary Martha Home.

This photo is of a large group of adults standing inside a building. [Possibly the North End Mennonite Brethren Church] Anna Thiessen front row, second from right.

This photo is of a group of adult men and women in the basement of the North End Mennonite Brethren Church basement who passed the 1921 Bible course given by Rev. William Bestvater.
Back row, left to right, is Abe Sawatzky (Aberdeen, SK), John P. Siemens (Dinuba, CA), Henry von Niessen, Henry Sawatzky, David Berg (Waldheim, SK), Jacob Schroeder (Vancouver, BC).
Seated, left to right, is Miss Anna Froese (Main Centre, SK), Miss A. Unger (now Mrs. J. Wiebe of Herbert, SK), Miss Mary Schroeder, Anna Bestvater (now Mrs. B. Redekopp, Herbert, SK), Miss Helen Neufeld (Vancouver , BC), Miss Anna Thiessen (Winnipeg).
William Bestvater is standing in the back.
Photo identification based on a similar photo that was published in the Mennonite Brethren Herald March 30, 1962, p. 6.
Heavy winter coats can be seen in the background hanging on the wall.

This postcard photo is a portrait of five young women in uniform. On the reverse of this photo is penciled in German, "This is how we looked in our afternoon maid uniforms, 1926. For our dear Sister Anna out of love and as a friendly remembrance."

This photo is of the women of the Mary Martha Home. Anna Thiessen is at the centre of the fourth row from front, wearing glasses. -- Note: there are 2 copies of this photo, copy 2 is accession number 2002-007 from the Nicholai Fehderau collection. On the back of this photo the date is given as March 1927 whereas the on copy 2 the date, written in pencil, is 1932. The date March 1927 seams to be more authentic.

This photo is of a group of young women at the Mary Martha Home. Anna Thiessen is seated second row from front, wearing glasses.

This photo is a portrait of a group of eleven girls with Anna Thiessen (centre)