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- [ca. 1900] (Creation)
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1 photograph : b&w slide ; 5 x 5 cm
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This slide is a colorized version of a black and white photograph, potentially used as a postcard, that shows a group of people posing on the front staircase of the municipal office building in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna Colony. The building shown in the photograph was constructed in 1872 and served as the administrative centre after the Molotschna Colony was separated into two separate municipal districts (volost) in 1870. The building was used temporarily as an agricultural school in 1923 and the photograph used as figure 5.73 in "Building on the Past" suggests this building remained standing and served administrative functions as late as 1978. As of the writing of the book this building no longer stood.
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This photograph was used as figure 5.73 on page 278 of "Building on the Past" by Rudy P. Friesen. Photo credit is given to Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives Photograph Collection in Winnipeg, Manitoba.