I-3 LaVernae Dyck photo collection Pacific Northwest Mennonite Historical Society
6030 S.Whiskey Hill Road Hubbard, OR, URL: http://pnmhs.org Email: pnwmennonite@canby.com Phone: 5032666447 Hubbard Oregon United States 97032-9406
2020-05-23 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.8.2 2026-05-21 07:12 UTC English LaVernae Dyck photo collection I-3 1909-1975 2" archival box containing 3 items Pacific Northwest Mennonite Historical Society
6030 S.Whiskey Hill Road Hubbard, OR, URL: http://pnmhs.org Email: pnwmennonite@canby.com Phone: 5032666447 Hubbard Oregon United States 97032-9406
English Dyck, LaVernae

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A small collection of photographs of Pacific Conference churches and persons, some identified, others not.

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2012-08-16; MAID catalog entry revised 28 Sep 2022 by Stephen W. Turner

These records are open for public research.

 1 Photos of California, Oregon and Washington Mennonite Churches, other identified and unidentified photos; etc. I-3-1 1909 - 1976 31 b&w mostly 5"x7" photos, 5 smaller sepia photos with page identifying 16 of the 5"x7"s; one color slide with accompanying letter;about 5 1/2" squarish logo type artwork for Mennonites in Oregon, 1876-1976. Dyck, LaVernae Unknown

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PHOTOS IDENTIFIED ON LIST: 1: Henry Bachman; 2: Rev. and Mrs. S.S. Baumgartner; 3: San Marcos Mennonite Church, 12 miles west of Paso Robles, CA; 4: Sweet Home Community Chapel, Sweet Home, Oregon; 5: Spring Valley Mennonite Church, Newport, Wash., picture taken 1932; 6: Menno Mennonite Church, Ritzville, Wash., Old Church, taken in 1938; 7: (Onecho) Mennonite Church, Colfax, Washington, 1909 (originally known as First Mennonite Church of Colfax); 8: Los Angles Mission Chapel; 9: First Mennonite Church, Upland CA, first building built 1906; 10: First Mennonite Church, Upland, CA; 11: First Mennonite Church, Paso Robles, CA; 12: Escondido Mennonite Church, Escondido, CA, 1930; 13: "Christian Hege" Church, Paso Robles, CA; 14: Alberta Community Church, Portland, Oregon; 15: Alberta Community Chapel, Portland, Oregon; 16: Immigrant House, Elk, Washington. Group attending service on May 25, 1930. The undated photos of churches in this group probably date from the 1930s or earlier.OTHER IDENTIFIED PHOTOS: 17. Bethel College Male Quartet; 18. Naomi Lehman, Women in Mission [sic] president; 19. Levi Miller, wife and daughter, Tucson House Fellowship; Ted Fast, Pastor Mark ______ and wife from Reno House fellowship; 20. Health Kits display--How many can we make?; 22. A. J. Klassen, guest speaker at event at the Church of Jesus Christ; 23. another shot from same event; 24. Peace Mennonite Church, Portland, OR, construction apparently nearing completion; 25. Interior shot of construction, "working on the scaffold by the front window," Peace Mennonite Church, Portland, OR (see also #36); 26. Pacific District presidents meeting, General Conference Council of Commissions, February 9-13, Newton, KS, clockwise from front left: James Gingerich, Ted Fast, Virgil Gerig, Elmer Neufeld, Jacob Friesen, Olin Krehbiel, Heinz Janzen; 30. Menno Mennonite Church, Ritzville, WA, new church; 31. John C. Jantz turning over books as Treasurer to new Treasurer Elmer Widmer, June 1954, Pacific District Conference, Pratum, OR, inscribed and signed by Jantz; 34. John C. Jantz, inscribed by him: "Christmas. From Dad To Ferd & Esth[er (Jantz) Wiens] Heb. 13:5; dated 1960 by someone else; 36. another shot of interior construction at Peace Mennonite Church, Portland, OR, with worker on scaffold near front window (see also #25).

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Images may be viewed online at: https://flickr.com/photos/98265989@N04/albums/72157712163752763/with/49205131236/

 1 1 Collection of 36 numbered photos with list identifying 16 of them; many others identified on backs or otherwise identified I-3-1-1 1909-1975? Envelope containing 36 photos and accompanying one-page list with identifications for the first 16. See Scope and Content for details.

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PHOTOS IDENTIFIED ON LIST: 1: Henry Bachman; 2: Rev. and Mrs. S.S. Baumgartner; 3: San Marcos Mennonite Church, 12 miles west of Paso Robles, CA; 4: Sweet Home Community Chapel, Sweet Home, Oregon; 5: Spring Valley Mennonite Church, Newport, Wash., picture taken 1932; 6: Menno Mennonite Church, Ritzville, Wash., Old Church, taken in 1938; 7: (Onecho) Mennonite Church, Colfax, Washington, 1909 (originally known as First Mennonite Church of Colfax); 8: Los Angles Mission Chapel; 9: First Mennonite Church, Upland CA, first building built 1906; 10: First Mennonite Church, Upland, CA; 11: First Mennonite Church, Paso Robles, CA; 12: Escondido Mennonite Church, Escondido, CA, 1930; 13: "Christian Hege" Church, Paso Robles, CA; 14: Alberta Community Church, Portland, Oregon; 15: Alberta Community Chapel, Portland, Oregon; 16: Immigrant House, Elk, Washington. Group attending service on May 25, 1930. The undated photos of churches in this group probably date from the 1930s or earlier.OTHER IDENTIFIED PHOTOS: 17. Bethel College Male Quartet; 18. Naomi Lehman, Women in Mission [sic] president; 19. Levi Miller, wife and daughter, Tucson House Fellowship; Ted Fast, Pastor Mark ______ and wife from Reno House fellowship; 20. Health Kits display--How many can we make?; 22. A. J. Klassen, guest speaker at event at the Church of Jesus Christ; 23. another shot from same event; 24. Peace Mennonite Church, Portland, OR, construction apparently nearing completion; 25. Interior shot of construction, "working on the scaffold by the front window," Peace Mennonite Church, Portland, OR (see also #36); 26. Pacific District presidents meeting, General Conference Council of Commissions, February 9-13, Newton, KS, clockwise from front left: James Gingerich, Ted Fast, Virgil Gerig, Elmer Neufeld, Jacob Friesen, Olin Krehbiel, Heinz Janzen; 30. Menno Mennonite Church, Ritzville, WA, new church; 31. John C. Jantz turning over books as Treasurer to new Treasurer Elmer Widmer, June 1954, Pacific District Conference, Pratum, OR, inscribed and signed by Jantz; 34. John C. Jantz, inscribed by him: "Christmas. From Dad To Ferd & Esth[er (Jantz) Wiens] Heb. 13:5; dated 1960 by someone else; 36. another shot of interior construction at Peace Mennonite Church, Portland, OR, with worker on scaffold near front window (see also #25).

Images of the 36 photos may be viewed online at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/98265989@N04/albums/72157712163752763/with/49205130756/

 Slide of "The Quilt from the Ladies at the Mennonite Church, Salem, Oregon," and accompanying letter I-3-1-2 1975 Color slide and accompanying one-page letter.

From Bertha Harder's letter: "...this is the quilt the Women's Missionary Society ladies gave to me on the occasion of my speaking to them and showing slides of relief work in Egypt and Italy following World War II. The time was early spring 1947, I imagine."

 Harder, Bertha (letter) Fretz, Herb (slide)

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Dyck, Lavernae

 Logo artwork for Mennonites in Oregon, 1876-1976. I-3-1-3 1976 5 1/4 " x 5 3/4" logo artwork

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Image may be viewed online at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/98265989@N04/49204762253/in/album-72157712163752763/