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This photo is of the Mennonite delegates from Russia preparing to depart from the Federal Dominion Lands Office in Winnipeg to inspect the East Reserve. Government officials and even some Native people are present in the photo (note: this is only a copy of the original).
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This photo is of the S.S. International arriving in Winnipeg with Mennonite immigrants.
Village No. 2 in Volendam Colony
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This photo is of a neatly organized yard and home of a Mennonite immigrant in Village No. 2, Volendam Colony. The house has a thatched roof and the yard is fenced in with [sugar cane?] stocks.
School in the "Widow's Village"
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This photo is of the school building in Friedensheim, the "Widow's Village" in Neuland Colony.
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This photo is a group shot of young students standing in front of the school building in Friedensheim, the "Widow's Village" in Neuland Colony. The students are holding school bags donated to the immigrant children by MCC.
Women picking beans in Neuland Colony
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This photo is of three immigrant women picking their first harvest of beans in Neuland Colony.
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This photo is of a Mennonite immigrant women cooking on an outdoor stove in Volendam Colony.
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This photo is of Elder Epp and his family standing beside a thatched roof home. Most of the Epps immigrated to Paraguay early in 1947, though their son only found the family in late 1948.
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This photo is of a village under construction by Mennonite immigrants that arrived in Volendam Colony in November, 1948.
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This photo is of an immigrant women baking cookies for a special occasion in Neuland Colony.
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This photo is of a thatched roof building with no walls used as a school building. The school was already in use three months after Mennonite immigrants established Volendam Colony.
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This photo is of Johannes Enns's sod home, one of the first homes in the El Ombu colony.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of an immigrant family standing in front of their uncompleted sod house in Bage, Brazil.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of Bernard Dyck and his wife, with [widow?] Anna Fast. The three newly-arrived Mennonite immigrants are standing in front of Fast's home, which they build out of sod in 1951. For the story of these Mennonite refugees from West Prussia and Poland, see the GAMEO article at "Uruguay." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 2013. Web. 31 May 2021.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of the Richard Nickel home under construction. The home has a thatched roof and a frame made of wooden poles.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007