This photo is of the David K. Kroeker family in Russia before they immigrate to Canada. From left to right, Maria Kroeker (nee Marria Braun), [Maria Kroeker, later Maria Unruh], [Margaretha Kroeker, later Margaretha Dyck], David Kroeker.
This photo is of Betty Newfeld picking wild flowers. She is wearing a turquoise hat and jacket and red rubber boots. This photo was part of a trip that Betty Newfeld went on and served as the basis for her collection of stories "Exploring Manitoba Highways and Byways". See volume 5561 file 1.
This photo is of the Students of the Weidenfeld School sitting and standing on the front steps of the school, along with teacher Margaret Dyck, posing for a photo in spring 1928. Note: Names of the 41 students are with the photo
This is a photo of a family sitting outside in the back yard. It is likely the home of Erdman Penner Sr. in Gretna MB. Erdman Penner is seated in a chair on the far right hand side.
This collection of photos show some aspects of the work of Mennonite Pioneer Mission, an outreach ministry begun by the Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba, which became part of Conference of Mennonites in Canada in the early 1970s, changing the name in 1974 to Native Ministries, a ministry of Conference of Mennonites in Canada.
This photo is of a "cat train" which consisted of a caterpillat tractor pulling a series of wagons often over ice roads to bring supplies to Northern Communities.
"Nach der Umsiedlung der Volksdeutschen aus Russland 1943/44 wurde die Lehrerbilbungsanstalt Prischib nach Luthbrandau/Warthegau verlegt / Schulleiter Karl Götz / SS-Gruppenführer Hoffmeyer, Chef des R=(Russland)-Kommandos der Vomi / Foto: Privat" The Prischib teachers' institute was transferred to Luthbrandau. Hoffmeyer and Goetz on picture.