A discussion group at the annual meeting of the GC Council of Boards in Newton, Kan. where 4 Mennonite weeklies were represented? A group of men, about 15 (a few women at the back) seated in a church sanctuary facing the front of the church and the man leading the discussion (back to camera). Same church as seen in 1998-14.72 from the outside?
A discussion group at the annual meeting of the GC Council of Boards in Newton, Kan. where 4 Mennonite weeklies were represented? 4 women (unidentified) & (Walter Quiring, centre) face the camera. See also 1998-14.66 & the following entries, which are likely related to this photo.
Used in CM 8-5-5 with art. by A. Driedger, "Interviewing Hungarian Refugees." Caption: A family at MCC the refugee home in Ranzenbach, now in Australia. The mother spoke German & English. They had 3 daughters. For a different family who fled from Hungary & found shleter in the MCC home at Ranzenbach see photo in 5-39-4, the Erno Laczko family.
A family engages in horseplay while selecting pumpkins for Halloween jack-o-lanterns at a local market. Not found in CM. Related article in CM 13-42-12. Related photographs in files 1994-14.414 - 1994-14.418.
A family? in a boat. 10 children are in the boat, the mother sits in the bow while the father steers the motor. In Fort Vermilion, Alberta? or, in Northwest Sask.?
Note on back: "A family in a cellar room in Heilbronn." Six family members are seated around a table at right while an older woman (the grandmother?) stands at the stove. Probably taken in the late 1940s just after the war. See related photo in 2001-14.143.
Used in the CM 3-15-7. A family reunion of the Jacob Koop family of Steinbach, held in Morris. Seated are Mr. and Mrs. Koop Sr. who will be observing their 49th (50th?) wedding anniversary May 31. L-r: Henry Koop, Morris; Mrs. Tina Koop, Steinbach; Mr. and Mrs. John Koop, Morris; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Koop and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Koop, all of Steinbach. Jacob and Peter Koop met their 29 year old brother Henry for the first time in their lives at this reunion in Morris on Easter Sunday.