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This photo is of Carlos Casado, a Spanish business man who came to Argentina in 1857 at the age of 24, and became a wealthy banker, businessman, and land owner. In the 1870s he bought vast tracks of land in the Paraguayan Chaco. Part of this land was acquired by Canadian Mennonites in the 1920s, where they founded the Menno Colony.

This photo is of Carlos Casado del Alisal (1833 -1899). He was a wealthy Spanish-Argentinian business-man who owned vast tracks of land in the Paraguayan Chaco. He was the founder of Puerto Casado, a small town with a port on the Paraguay River. When the Mennonites arrived in the Chaco in the late 1920s and early 1930s, the infrastructure of Puerto Casado with its rail road was a great help to them. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 18.
Photo provided by Jorge Rubiani.

This photo is of the "Plaza del Mercado Central" (central marketplace) of Asuncion, Paraguay, in the late nineteenth century.
Photo provided by Jorge Rubiani.

This photo is of The Paratodo Tree which is a beautiful and sure sign of Spring in the Chaco. P. 10.

This photo is of a young boy mixing clay and dung with his feet in a wooden conatiner to be used for constructing walls. P. 77.

This photo is of the Opuntia Cactus plant. Its fruit is pleasant tasting, but every dot on the fruit contains a hundred or more microscopic thorns which stick to the skin as soon as they are touched. P. 11.

This photo is of a huge cactus tree in southwestern Chaco, estimated to be a hundred years old or more. P. 13.

This photo is of a classroom in the Yalve School in Paraguay with children sitting at desks. P. 119.

This photo is of the small gecko, homonota horrida, which is frequently found in old woodpiles. p. 12.

This photo is of the industrial plant "La Industrial" in Asuncion, Paraguay, in the early twentieth century. The writings on the walls say "Industrial Plant of noodles, ice, liquors, and lemonades." Note that the tram to the left in the photo is pulled by horses. Plans to establish an electric tramway system in Asuncion started in 1900.
Photo provided by Jorge Rubiani.

This photo is of the paratodo tree, whose yellow blooms are a sure sign of spring in the Paraguayan Chaco.

This photo is of the Colon Street (Calle Colon), seen from the port in Asuncion, Paraguay, as it was in the early twentieth century.
Photo provided by Jorge Rubiani.

This photo is of the Belvedere electric tramway station in Asuncion, Paraguay, which was established in 1913.
Photo provided by Jorge Rubiani.

This photo is of the steamers "Mercurio" and "Corumba" at the port of Asuncion, Paraguay.
Photo provided by Jorge Rubiani.

This photo is of an early meeting between white settlers and Aboriginal people in the Paraguayan Chaco.