The photograph is labeled on back "Great Aunt Charlotte." This is possibly Charlotte (Eby) Van Pelt (1859-1927), great-great aunt to Grace (Schott) Bechtel.

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "Habitat group. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter on a Habitat project with Elmer, Larry and Bob Shantz." The project was part of the Jimmy Carter Work Project in Kitchener and Winnipeg.

A hand-embroidered quilt made by a nine-year-old girl in 1927. Corresponding section of the Brubacher House script reads: "Hand embroidered quilt made by a 9 year old girl in 1927."

Hand-hooked rug. Corresponding section of the Brubacher House script reads:
"Here we have the finished product."

Hand-hooked rug. Corresponding section of the Brubacher House script reads: "They exhibited their creativity by designing their own patterns which also portrayed their artistic abilities."

Hand-hooked rug. Corresponding section of the Brubacher House script reads: "The hook is pushed through the canvas, hooked over the strip of material and brought up to form a loop."

Possibly executed by Abraham Latschaw when he drew the bookplates for Benjamin Eby.

Informal photo of Harvey Taves in front of a fire place hung with Christmas cards, holding a puppy dog. Taken in their home at Union St.?

Solomon and Hester (Clemens) Bechtel on bottom right of photograph. Pictured with Hester's brothers and sisters.
Noted on back of photograph: "1. Solomon Bechtel -- grandfather to Ida E. (Groh) Snyder; 2. Esther [Hester] Bechtel -- she had a lovely garden full of flowers. My how we used to love to roam through her garden!"

Horse and buggy approaching lumber laid out in snow. Corresponding section of the Brubacher House script reads: "Barn raising was another important part of pioneer life. In a Mennonite Community everyone was sensitive to their neighbours' need and rallied to help him rebuild after a fire and restore the loss. A lot of preparation was done on the site before the day of barn-raising, such as laying the foundation and floor, preparing the hand hewn beams and placing them in order for erection."

Horse and buggy on a country road.

Corresponding section of the Brubacher House script reads:

"Welcome to the Brubacher home as it was in the mid 1800s. These slides are intended to show the self-sufficiency, resourcefulness, creativity and artistic ability of the early Pennsylvania German Mennonite settlers."

Horse drawn wagon

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "Despite the split, Stirling members cooperated with Conference members to host Russian Mennonite immigrants in the summer and fall of 1924. Teenage immigrant Abram Harder with Edwin S. Eby and team on the Eby farm." Abram A. Harder, son of Abram H. and Anna Harder, was a Russian Mennonite immigrant to Canada billeted briefly with the Eby family after his arrival in 1924.

Ida Bergey ca. 1912. She married Fred Miller in 1917.