This is a photo of pupils in the playground at the Marien Deaf and Dumb School. Two boys are pulling a wagon and some of the children are on a see-saw. Some are just standing about. If weather permitted the children would go on extended walks under proper supervision.
This is a photo of pupils in the play-room engaged in various activities at long tables. There were many books, pictures and games for the children to use in their free time. Proper care of body, healthfulness and obedience were always stressed.
This is a photo of a group of people standing on the steps of a long building and a team of horses with buggy and coachman. The coachman, Johann Riediger, is about to take the "housefather", Jacob F. Funk, on some business trip. Behind Funk stands his wife and at his side their two daughters. The man with the beard is Jakob Janzen, the treasurer of the institution, and the four females are maids employed here.
This is a photo of teachers and pupils of the Marien Deaf and Dumb School, Tiege. They are posing against a brick building and fence. There are vines growing along the fence and over-hanging the door. The teachers have been identified as Andrey Suderman, fourth from left, back row; Henry Dirks, second from right, fourth row; second row (left to right from centre): Miss Malvina Dirks (herself deaf), W. W. Suderman (principal), H. Peters and Abram Wiebe and Paul Friesen (son of P. M. Friesen) on the right in the front row.