The photo shows several buildings on the Dietrich A. Neufeld homestead in Bergthal. The buildings have mud brick walls with corrugated metal or thatched roofs. One building has a chimney. There is an outbuilding at the back of the property. The homestead is surrounded by a log framed fence using tree branch pickets.
The photo shows the house of Dietrich A. Neufeld in Bergthal. It appears to have clay walls and a thatched roof. A chimney extends through the roof on the left side. There are more buildings in the background.
The photo shows Johan Funk and his second wife Aganetha with two of their children standing in a field of potatoes in Bergthal. In the background there appears to be a field of "Sudan" grass.
The photo shows Johann Wall standing [on top?] and another man in a pit below and the two together are cutting planks in Bergthal, Menno Colony. The work area has some protection from the sun from a rectangular frame with tree branches at the top providing shade. Finished planks are standing just outside the work area.
The photo shows Peter Funk and his wife Helena with their children Margareta, Helena, Katharina and Peter standing in the middle of a cotton field in Bergthal.
The photo shows the first house of Mrs. Bergen, a widow, in Bergthal. The walls appear to be made of clay, the roof corrugated metal sheets. There is a tent like structure attached to one end of the house and it appears as if a child is standing under the veranda. A system for collecting rainwater from the roof is set up near the veranda. The yard has a fenced in area in the background and a pile of logs and a primitive plow can be seen.
The photo shows C.H. Wiebe's experimental plantation crops of beans, cotton and "Escobar" sorghum in Bergthal. Three men are standing in front of the sorghum.