Portrait of Abram Klassen, Schoenwiese, Russia. He is wearing a dark jacket, a white shirt with starched stand-up collar and a tie

This is a photo of the exterior of the American Mennonite Relief warehouse in Schoenwiese, formerly the Jakob H. Niebuhr flour mill turning out flour to ship down the Dnieper River to Turkey. First two floors of warehouse were used for American Mennonite Relief work. (2 copies). There is a different photograph of this warehouse in David Hofer's book, Die Hungersnot in Russland, p. 19.

This is a photo of a group of eight men dressed for winter posed in front of a Ford car by the Dyck house in Schoenwiese. It includes (left to right): Mr. Perk (the repair man in light trousers); Mr. Siemens (the watchman) and his son (in the back), another Mr. Siemens and a Mr. Klassen (the chauffeur) (in front), then Peter Hermann Unruh, Arthur Slagel, and another Mr. Klassen (the tall man on the end). Slagel writes on the reverse side: "...G. G. Hiebert took this just after we returned from Halbstadt..."

This is a photo of four men with two motor vehicles (car and truck) in Schoenwiese, Chortitza Colony, Russia. (Left to right): 2nd man is Bernhard Klassen. These vehicles have been identified as Fords built between 1925-1927.

This is a photog of a group of men, women and children by a brick house in Schoenwiese. Two younger girls are displaying a "home-made" U.S. flag (?). Standing (left to right): (unknown) (unknown) (unknown woman) Heinrich Sawatzky, Arthur W. Slagel, (unknown AMR worker), Maria Heinrichs, Rudolf Kerber, (unknown) Schroeder, Jakob Dyck. In the seated row of adults, Bernhard Abrams is on the right end, with his son in front of him and Aron P. Toews is next to him (behind the girls with the flag).

This photo is of the Johann Dyck family inside a train car posing for a photo. Helen writes the following description. "The Dyck family with all our "Kab und Gut." Do you see the bags on the shelf. They are filled with roasted buns."
seated in the back are unknown girl, John Dyck, Cornelius Dyck, Jake Schellenberg, Erna Dyck, Helen Dyck, Mary Dyck. Front are two adults, Johann Dyck and his wife Justina. This car was part of the 2nd train to leave Russia in 1923 - the Schoenwiese group.

This photo is a clearer picture of 3 in this collection of the American Mennonite Relief headquarters in Alexandrovsk, Russia. This building features a small balcony off the 2nd floor, decorated gables and a verandah in the back.

This is a photo of of a group of about 50 people at the station in Schoenwiese, Russia, bidding farewell to to the David Hofers. Included on the photograph (left to right): Row 1: David Hofer, Barbara Hofer, Unruh, probably S. Martins from Alexandrovsk at end, the others in Row 1 are unknown.
Row 2: Bernhard Abrahams, Ält. Johann Klassen, Lehrer Johann Janzen, the others unknown
Row 3: unknown, Mrs. Heinrich Huebert, Heinrich Huebert, unknown, unknown, Franz Thiessen, the others unknown.
Last row: 9th person Heinrich Harder and his daughter.

Herman Niebuhr started his milling business in Chortitza in the 19th Century. By 1907 the H.A. Niebuhr & Ko. was a joint-stock company owning 11 mills including several in other villages of the Chortitza Colony.

This is a photo of an immigrant family sitting in the interior of a train car. The shelving has been installed by the immigrants.Lower beds with space below for baggage. Small shelf in rear for parcels. There are four small openings in the cars and two big iron doors. 25-28 persons traveled in these cars. The family is that of Jakob Jakob Schellenberg, former teacher in Schoenwiese, Russia, but others are also on the photo. The woman on the left is Mrs. Justina Dyck (see 665:113). The boy next to Jakob Schellenberg, is Jakob Jr. (or Jack as he was later called). The woman on the right presumably is Justina Schellenberg, the wife of Jakob and mother of Jack. The little girl is possibly Justina Dyck's daughter. These immigrants were part of the 2nd train, the Schoenwieser Group.
(duplicate copy)

This is a photo of the Johann Jakob Dyck family seated in an immigration car of the 2nd immigration train. The freight train car has been made more comfortable for the long ride with shelves for beds and storage. Besides Johann Dyck and his wife, there are seven children. Girl with white cap and little fellow in front are not part of the Dyck family, the boy is Jacob Schellenberg, Jr. The two older boys on the left in the back must be Johann Dyck's sons, Cornelius and Johann. The girls on the right must be Justina Dyck's daughters Maria, Helen and Erna. The girl with the white bonnet is unknown. This car was part of the 2nd train to leave Russia in 1923 - the Schoenwiese group.
(1 extra copy of this photograph plus larger print #665-114)

This is a photo of the Johann Jakob Dyck family seated in an immigration car of the 2nd immigration train. The freight train car has been made more comfortable for the long ride with shelves for beds and storage. Besides Johann Dyck and his wife, there are seven children. Girl with white cap and little fellow in front are not part of the Dyck family, the boy is Jacob Schellenberg, Jr. The two older boys on the left in the back must be Johann Dyck's sons, Cornelius and Johann. The girls on the right must be Justina Dyck's daughters Maria, Helen and Erna. The girl with the white bonnet is unknown. This car was part of the 2nd train to leave Russia in 1923 - the Schoenwiese group.
(see #665-113 for smaller copies of this photograph)

This photo is of the Julius J. Siemens estate. It is part of the Prominent Mennonite Buildings Calendar, 1995. (Filed with oversized photos)

This is a photo of the treed yard, gazebo and Koop house in Schoenwiese, Russia, which served as office for the American Mennonite Relief workers. Caption in back of faded copy of picture: "Our present office, from the rear. The street is just beyond the gate at the end of the drive. It was a lovely place, and could be made nice again." [two copies)

This photograph features 4 sisters from youngest to oldest. From right to left they are Justina, Erika, Katharina and Margaretha Dyck. They are wearing coats and tams. Tams as head-wear were popular in the twentys. Justina and Katharina's coats have fur on their collar. All girls appear to have short hair. On the reverse of the photo is a short letter dated 10 Apr 1931.