- CA CMBS NP149-1-6035
- Item
- 1951
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This photo is of an immigrant family standing in front of their uncompleted sod house in Bage, Brazil.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is of an immigrant family standing in front of their uncompleted sod house in Bage, Brazil.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is of Johannes Enns's sod home, one of the first homes in the El Ombu colony.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of the Richard Nickel home under construction. The home has a thatched roof and a frame made of wooden poles.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of [widow?] Anna Fast and her niece building their sod home with the help of Bernhard Dyck in El Ombu Colony. They are laying the first 2 layers of sod "bricks" [or are they made of dung?]
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
Thatched roof home in Paraguay
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This photo is a typical thatched roof farm home among the Mennonites in the campland, Paraguay.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of a man standing in between a thatched roof home and an orange tree.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of a group of men standing around and on a flatbed truck with a large tree on it at Heinrich's sawmill.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of Bernard Dyck and his wife, with [widow?] Anna Fast. The three newly-arrived Mennonite immigrants are standing in front of Fast's home, which they build out of sod in 1951. For the story of these Mennonite refugees from West Prussia and Poland, see the GAMEO article at "Uruguay." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 2013. Web. 31 May 2021.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of Rev. I.W. Friesen and sons sitting on a stack of shingles they made themselves [in Sommerfeld or Volendam Colony?].
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007
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This photo is of Phillip Hildebrand and Mr. and Mrs. Isaak Hildebrand standing around a peach tree [in Sommerfeld Colony?]. A large home stands in the background.
Wiens, Frank J., 1913-2007