Women in the audience at MCCO annual meeting; good example of the variety of head coverings (& lack thereof) worn by women at the time. The 2 women at right have prayer caps, the one to their left a hat, the one at left none.
Rockway's first teachers (l-r:) Ella M. Cressman, Harold D. Groh and Salome Bauman, taken in the 1946-47 school year. Used on back cover of "Lead Us On, A History of RMC 1945-95" & p.67.
Negative also. Three women who worked for the NNRO: (l-r); Cora Cressman, in material aid; Marguerite Rempel, clerical worker; Clara (Snyder) Nafziger, in material aid; at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont.
Negative also. Marguerite Rempel doing clerical work for the NNRO at First Mennonite Church in Kitchener, Ont., the Material Aid Center. A knitted quilt type blanket is in the foreground.
Menno C. Cressman, head of NNRO Shipping Committee (at right) speaks with Clara (Snyder) Nafziger (back to camera). Esther Weber (left of Clara, facing camera) is also helping with blankets in the basement of the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener
Note on back of photo: "A scene in Kitchener, Ont. showing one of the trucks bringing a load to the station where it is transferred to a refrigerator car." The photo is numbered "2"; 1092 is "4".
Two copies of photo; 2nd one is 15x12.5 and darker in tone. Union St. house which was the headquarters for MCC Waterloo, the Canadian MCC office. Taken in Spring time? See 1994-14.841 for photo of the house taken in summer.
Negatives also (4). Interior ofchurch building, taken from the balcony. View of pulpit in center & choir loft behind it. Three copies of photo, one shows more of the pews.
Negative also. Thermometer put up in the church to show progress towards raising monies (pledges & loans) for the new addition. Caption on back of photograph: "Monies for new addition ($155,000) raised by pledges and loans entirely within membership. To cost $230,000 on contract, the church members did much of the work themselves from the architectural plans to painting and decorating - to save some $75,000."
Negative only. Used in CM 4-41-8. Front & side of church building with construction of the addition visible at the back of the church See 14.3767 f. for views of the church building & construction.
Negatives (2) for both photos. John W. Snyder, manager of the Golden Rule Book Store, with a display of Mennonite books. In one photo he is holding a vol. of the ME, in the other a copy of Menno Simons' works. See CM 3-7-5; 6-16-3.
Negative also; 3 smaller photos, 2 @ 9x9 & 1 (enlarged) @ 16.5x12.5. Used in CM 12-26-6 with art. Front & side view ofchurch building Large one (25x20) is similar but excludes sign to right of front entrance; taken in the 50's?