Two photos on negative. Top photo: Johann Dyck, Johannes Retzlaff, David Geskker identified. Bottom photo: Funeral of Lena Braun, sister of the photographer. The white dress and head-covering was traditionally reserved for funerals. Description from Forever Summer, Forever Sunday Plate 64. Hunsberger photo
This part show the photograph side: a Penner family funeral in 1905. Johann is lying on the bier with his widow Katharina Penner (Hamm) sitting beside. Back row (L to R): Kornelius Penner, Aron Penner, Jakob Penner, Heinrich Penner, Heinrich Heinrich Penner (father). Missing from the picture are his mother, Helena Penner (Funk), and his sisters, Margaretha and Maria, who predeceased him. Also missing is his sister Helena and brother Gerhard who chose to be absent, believing that a picture of himself was a graven image and constituted a sin.
