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A view of the nursery garden: potato trials.
The photo shows trial plots of potatoes in the nursery garden in Hoffnungsfeld. This is taken from the same viewpoint as BK1-009. A barbed wire fence surrounds the garden and beyond is grassland and Chaco bush.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, carrying poles."
The photo shows two indigenous men transporting poles on a primitive cart with wooden wheels across grassland at Hoffnungsfeld. The bush is in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, Indians cutting poles."
The photo shows five indigenous workers chopping a tree trunk into poles at Hoffnungsfeld. In the foreground is grassland with the Chaco bush in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, Indians plowing."
The photo shows an indigenous man and woman using a primitive plow hitched up to a pair of oxen to plow a field at Hoffnungsfeld. There are a couple of trees scattered throughout the field with denser bush surrounding the field.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, Mennonites working at the nursery garden."
Three Mennonite men are working with hoes along straight rows in the nursery garden at Hoffnungsfeld, while another man and women appear to be seeding by hand. The garden is surrounded by bush.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, the entrance to the plantation from the west."
The photo shows the dirt road western entrance to the plantation at Hoffnungsfeld, with the Chaco bush in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, the future nursery garden, view to the south."
The photo shows the southward view of the future nursery garden at Hoffnungsfeld. There is scrub vegetation in the foreground and the Chaco bush in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, the future nursery garden, view to the west."
The photo shows the westward view of the future nursery garden at Hoffnungsfeld. A row of fenceposts give evidence a fence surrounded the area and two people are working in front of the fence. A building and the Chaco bush are in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, the monument of the first delegation in the year 1921."
The photo shows a man standing beside the monument of the first delegation of settlers in 1921 at Hoffnungsfeld. [The initials A E appear to be carved into the monument.?] The surrounding area is scrub vegetation with the Chaco bush in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Hoffnungsfeld: a field of beans from Canada
The photo shows a man standing in the middle of a field of beans in Hoffnungsfeld. The seeds came from Canada.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
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[Hoffnungsfeld: a field of sunflowers]
The photo shows a field of sunflowers in Hoffnungsfeld. [The daughter of Dr. Johann Ediger is standing under one of the sunflowers.]
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Hoffnungsfeld: administration courtyard
The photo shows the courtyard of the administration center in Hoffnungsfeld. This picture shows the completed buildings which are under construction in BK5-134. A number of people are working at different jobs connected with the layout of the courtyard.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
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[Hoffnungsfeld: administration office?]
The photo shows the administration office in Hoffnungsfeld.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Hoffnungsfeld: administration office under construction
The photo shows the administration office in Hoffnungsfeld under construction. The wooden beam and log framed structure is standing next to two other buildings, one complete and the other incomplete. The latter have thatched roofs.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Hoffnungsfeld: an experimental field
The photo shows an experimental field in Hoffnungsfeld. There are houses and farm buildings in the distance.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929