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The certificate indicates that Martin Penner is a farmer in good standing with the Russian Mennonite Agricultural Society, proceeding to farm work with the Mennonite Colonization Association of North America.

The photo is a picture of Agatha Wiebe (Derksen) on the right and Anna Harder on the left, taken in 1926. Anna Harder is a niece to Jakob Johann Friesen (GM 913252).

Construction of country church building for Henderson Mennonite Brethren Church, ca. 1926

Dismantling of Henderson Mennonite Brethren Church building, 1926.

This photo shows Isaac I. Friesen's yearbook picture and biography from the University of Saskatchewan.

This photo is of a train stopped at the Altona train station taking gon passengers (Sommerfeld Mennonites) who are moving to Paraguay. On the right are empty tracks, the last car is in the foreground on the left and grain elevators are in the background.

This is a photo of a group of young men taking the "Traktorkursus" (Mechanics course), in Danilovka, Crimea, 1925-27. Peter is in the last row on the right.

This is a photo of Sara Dyck (Willms), Wally (Walfried) Dyck and Isaak Dyck. Sara and Isaak are sitting on chairs, Wally standing between them, with flowers, trees and a fence behind them. Sara is wearing a white blouse an dark skirt. Wally is wearing light shorts and tunic top wit a black belt at his waist. Isaak is in dark pants and a tunic top, tie with tie-clip and belt.

Portrait of man

This is a photograph of a well dressed couple seated on a bench in the garden. The couple is Hans and Maria Kolm or Kohn (?), the surname is not decipherable. He is wearing a tie and a three piece suit. She is wearing a dark dress with lace sleeves that are slit from the shoulder to her cuff. Her hair is braided and pinned up by her ears. This does not appear to be in Russia.

Child standing on running board of 1926 Chevrolet automobile. Man standing on right side of car. License plate has 4 digits

This photograph is of the Morosowo (Hochfeld, Yazykovo) Kindergarten for the months of October, November and December 1926. In the second last row are 3 female adults, the middle one is Maria Epp. There are 33 children in the photo, 1 of which is wearing a head covering and appears to be younger than the rest. Names of the children are l > r starting the in back (4th) row:- Heinr. Janzen, Heinr. Penner, Herbert Hildeb., Dietrich Harder, Armin Lehn, Dietrich Dyck, Hans Epp, Hans Wiens, Abram Ens; 3rd row:- Lena Froese, Tina Krause, (Lena Remp.?), Hilda Koslowsky, Marichen Hildeb., Lena Klassen, Anna Dyck; 2nd row:- Susa Froese, Erna Lehn, Anton Hildeb., Tina Hildeb., Anna Klein, Heinrich Vogt, Agata Rempel, Peter Rempel, Elsa Pauls; 1st row:- Katja Axman, Hans Hildeb., Isaak Hildeb., Liese Penner, Franz Krause, Peter Dyck, Rudja Ens, Jakbo Ens.

A photo of the Voth and Klassen mothers and families, sitting outside in the yard of a farm house in Rivers, Manitoba. During the first years, these newly immigrated families worked as hired labour for various farmers in the area of Rivers and Marquette. Identified on the photo are (front, l-r): Elfrieda Klassen with Holdina, Katja Klassen with Nora, Agatha Klassen with Elvira, Grandmother Klassen, Tina Voth with Herta at knew and Walter at back; (back, l-r): Nick, Justina Klassen. Susie Voth trying to escape the camera because she was still wearing her big apron.

Another photo (see also NP214-01-04) of sister-in-laws with their kids outside in winter near Marquette, Manitoba, just several months after immigrating to Canada: (l-r) Katja (Voth) Klassen holding Elvira, then Tina (Bergen) Voth holding Holdina with Herta and Walter next to Tina.

Students and teachers at steps to German English Academy building