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Left to right: Anna (Neufeld) Tiessen and her brother Peter Neufeld

Front row (left to right): Anna Neufeld, Gredel Thiessen, Anna Thiessen, Gerthrude Peters, Luise Wilms. Second row (left to right): Maria Schroeder, Aganetha Dick, Henriethe [?] Banmann, Katharina Peters, Lehrer [teacher] Franz Peters, Maria Peters, Gretha Wiens, Luise Thiessen, Anna Schroeder. Third row (left to right): David Dick, Peter Dick, Wilhelm Dick, Abram Dick, Johann Heidebrecht, Heinrich Papke [?], Heinrich Banman [?], Gerhard Heidebrecht. Back row (left to right): Heinrich Mirau, Johann Dick, Otto Schrieber [?], Wilhelm Heidebrecht, Gerhard Schroeder, Peter Neufeld, Wilhelm Peters, Johann Wiens, Johann Papke [?].

The children of four siblings, Peter, Gerhard, Cornelius Neufeld, and Agatha (Neufeld) Enns. Anna (Neufeld) Tiessen is one of the children. Female caregivers (nannies) may be among the group.

A group of children sit in pews at the side of the sanctuary, possibly a junior choir or Sunday School class. Pianist Helen Critchison sits at the piano.

Vacation Bible School teachers and students outside Breslau Mennonite Church

Note with photo: "First symptoms of malnutrition… The physical state of this little girl, too, gives sad evidence of post-war hardships." Mr. Kreider is written on back of photo. Possibly Robert Kreider, MCC Germany 1946-1948, was the donor.

Children in Germany around a table eating. Note on back: "Feeding in Germany." Taken in late 1940s or early 1950s?

Children of various ages in front of a decorated Christmas tree, most hold a Christmas bundle. Note on back: "Children from Lesum, taken at our place." Photo was developed in Bremen. Linked to 2001-14.162f.

A group of young children stand at the entrance to a building ("Eingang" is written above the door) with two women. The one at left may be an MCC worker, the same woman as in 2001-14.163. The woman at right may be a local helper. Landscape seen at right is bleak, so taken in late 1940s or early 1950s. Part of MCC's Child Feeding Program or Christmas bundle distribution as in following photos. At Wentdorf?

The missionaries who worked with migrant families in the labour camps near Eloy, Arizona. They sit on the steps of a house and are likely the same people named in the photo caption in the CM 4-9-7, namely, Rev. and Mrs. Glen Habegger (and their young boy), Rebecca Nickel and Elsie Heppner. A second photo (13x9), dated Jan 21, 1956, shows another group of children from the migrant camps, some of whom were likely African American children. Both photos were not used in the CM.

Negative also. An MB white woman? with a group of black children ages 2-16 & a black woman. An MB doing VS with this group? in Gulfport, Mississippi. C.f. 1994-14.2038. Article in CM 12-31-3 on Summer service/VS unit in Gulfport.

Infor. on back:"A group of Mennonite & Evangelical children in a camp near Vienna for which we provided MCC food." About 36 girls and boys & a few women as well. Dated 1954-55.

Negative also. Poster, title:"One Great Hour of Sharing." Young mother with a child on her back. Also a Bible verse & symbol: "Time to share." CWS & their address in New York at bottom. The neg. is with one showing some buildings.

Negative also. Used in CM 7-12-5 by the GCMC, B. of Christian Service to promote mission work. This series continues to 1998-14.266. In the art. the photo is described as: A weeping child without food, clothes or its mothers love and "young children with passionate pleas for help in their eyes." The child is from a foreign country, possibly Hong Kong. (See also 1994-14.157 from Paraguay which is part of this series.)

Group of pre-school children hold their MCC Christmas bundles, smiling. The woman standing with them may be an MCC worker (same woman as in 2001-14.162?). The photo was developed in Bremen, northern Germany. Likely taken in the early 1950s.