- CA CMBS NP149-1-6035
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- 1951
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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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Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is of an immigrant family standing in front of their uncompleted sod house in Bage, Brazil.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is a wide-angle shot of a piece of land on the "Sera" in the Krauel that had been logged; tree stumps cover the ground. The land is now ready for planting mandioke among the stumps.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of a Mr. Quapp, brother of D.J. Quapp, harvesting mandioka in the Krauel. The mandioka are similar to potatoes and are seen in Quapp's wheelbarrow.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of (l-r) Robert Janzen, C.J. Dyck, and D.J. Quapp standing in front of the hospital in Krauel.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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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 the Richard Nickel home under construction. The home has a thatched roof and a frame made of wooden poles.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of [widow?] Anna Fast and her niece building their sod home with the help of Bernhard Dyck in El Ombu Colony. They are laying the first 2 layers of sod "bricks" [or are they made of dung?]
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
Thatched roof home in Paraguay
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This photo is a typical thatched roof farm home among the Mennonites in the campland, Paraguay.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
Indigenous and Mennonite school class
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This photo is a group shot of a class of Indigenous and Mennonite school children in rural Paraguay. The children are all dressed in white.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of a man standing in between a thatched roof home and an orange tree.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of a Paraguayan woman working at a weaving loom.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is of train cars at the end station on the way to Fernheim Colony. Wagon wheels and other supplies donated by MCC are visible in the foreground.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
From the deck of the river boat
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This photo is of three people on the deck of the river boat at Puerto Rosario. It is at this point that one leaves the boat to go to Friesland, which lies about 50 km east of the river.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of a group of men standing around and on a flatbed truck with a large tree on it at Heinrich's sawmill.
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