© Mennonite Heritage Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Last updated 7 March 2011)
Arthur Slagel (1891-1943) was one of three American Mennonite Relief (AMR) volunteers sent to Russia with Orie Miller and Clayton Kratz in 1920. Initially Slagel remained in Constantinople to gather relief supplies and from there organize the shipment to the Russian Mennonite colonies. From 1922-1923 Arthur Slagel supervised the feeding program for 75,000 people in the Ukraine, including 60,000 Mennonites. The AMR under his direction appointed local committees whose duties were to receive and distribute relief supplies in their districts according to the official AMR instructions. Slagel oversaw the delivery of food for three Mennonite centres -- Chortitza, Ohrloff and Halbstadt.
During his three years on this assignment he also witnessed the first groups of Mennonites leaving for Canada in 1923. He also traveled to Moscow and other countries before returning home to the United States.
Arthur W. Slagel married Vesta Zook in 1925, who had been an American relief worker in Constantinople in 1921, working in an orphanage that Mennonite Central Committee had just taken over from the American Red Cross in 1921. Initially they made their home in Chicago. Later they had a farm in Topeka, Indiana, where Arthur died as a result of a farm tragedy in 1943. Vesta died in Meadows, Illinois in 1973.
This fonds contains 276 photographs taken and received by Arthur W. Slagel during his 3-year assignment with Mennonite Central Committee from 1920-1923. The collection has photos of the relief work in Russia showing various aspects of the work including workers, headquarters, storage, distribution, seeded and distributed crops, transportation, buildings and homes. The photos were taken in locations such as Chortitza, Alexandrosk, Schoenwiese, Rosenthal, Halbstadt, Gnadenfeld, Ohrloff, Nicopol, and Sagradowka. There are images of the 1923 emigration group from Schoenwiese leaving for Canada. There are general scenic photos of the Dnieper rapids, the Kremlin and other sites in Moscow. Some photographs were likely given to Slagel from Mennonite workers in Russia, such as the Solomon Ediger family, the Peter Nikkel family, the Johann Janzen family, the Ohrloff teachers and others. And, finally there are photos of travels taken in England, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, Egypt, Palestine and Syria.
Finding aid consisting of individual descriptions of each photograph
Arthur W. Slagel correspondence,Mss. 1-589 SC, Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, IN.
Vesta (Zook) Slagel papers and photographs, Hist. Mss. 1-403, Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, IN.
The Centre received these photographs as part of the A.A. Vogt's Mennonite Genealogy Inc. collection. Margaret Kroeker is of the opinion that her father, A. A. Vogt acquired them from his friend John P. Klassen of Bluffton, Ohio, sometime during the early 1960s. Klassen and Vogt were long-time friends from Russia. Both got involved in the early emigration movement in 1923. Just prior to his immigration, A.A. Vogt had worked closely with Slagel in the relief effort. Slagel had appointed Vogt as the chair of the Schoenwiese committee in April 1922 and also accepted his resignation as the time of emigration drew nearer. Correspondence between Klassen and Vogt from 1962 and 1963 mentions and describes immigration papers related to the negotiations for the 2nd train load of the 1923 emigrants, as well as photographs which Klassen has in his possession. He tells Vogt the photographs will be of interest to him and that he will know what to do with them. It seems quite likely that Klassen was referring to these photos taken by Arthur W. Slagel. Klassen visited Manitoba in 1965. A.A. Vogt made some annotations on the photos before he died in 1968. The Mennonite Heritage Centre acquired the A.A. Vogt Mennonite Genealogy Inc. collection in 2007.
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Arranged and described by Margaret Kroeker, February 2011.
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Mennonite Genealogy Inc.
Acc. No. 2011-008
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665 | Arthur W. Slagel Collection |
| 665:1 | Beginning American Mennonite Relief Tractor Program. - 1922. - 7.4 x 9.3 cm; [b&w]. |
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A.W. Slagel's comment - "Official beginning of tractor program in Ukraine. 1922 Autumn." |
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Six or more tractors lined up on a field, each one with a driver, ready for action. A group of about 30 men |
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are standing behind them, 3 with hats and white collar and tie. The first one from the right - C.F. |
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Klassen, middle one looks like A.W. Slagel. Also Peter Berg left of C.F. Klassen. |
| 665:2 | American Mennonite Relief Worker A. W. Slagel. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6; [b&w]. |
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Arthur W. Slagel, in white shirt and tie, seated at a table, reading a newspaper. |
| 665:3 | American Mennonite Relief Worker at desk. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an unidentified man, wearing glasses, dressed in white shirt and tie, seated at a |
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smaller desk in an office with a map on the wall behind him. |
| 665:4 | Four American Mennonite Relief workers. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.3 x 8; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows four men, dressed in suit and white shirt and tie, standing in front of the entrance |
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steps of a building. L-r. David Hofer, Peter H. Unruh, unknown, unknown. |
| 665:5 | 5 American Mennonite Relief Workers in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8.1 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photographs shows a lady and 4 men standing on a yard with shrubbery, Mennonite Relief workers |
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from the U.S. In Russia. All men dressed in suit and tie. L-r: Mrs. Barbara Hofer with her husband, |
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David Hofer, unknown, unknown, Peter H. Unruh |
| 665:6 | Two American Mennonite Relief Workers in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6.7 x 11 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows two men on a ship, both unidentified, but believed to be Mennonite Relief Workers |
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from the U.S. Both men are dressed in suits with shirt and tie - one smoking a pipe, the other leaning on |
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the railing. This photo should probably be included in the selections included with the Novorossiysk trip |
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Nos. 665-180 to 665-190. |
| 665:7 | Four male American Mennonite Relief Workers in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 5 x 7.3 |
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cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows two men sitting and two standing in front of a brick building, believed to be in |
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Russia.. The man standing on the right is believed to be Arthur Slagel. Need identification. |
| 665:8 | Two American Mennonite Relief Workers in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6 x 8.5 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows two men with shirt and tie, but no jackets, standing by a wooden building. Man on |
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left believed to be Arthur Slagel. He is holding a pile of papers. The other man, holding a few papers, has |
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a patch over his eye - needs identification. |
| 665:9 | American Mennonite Relief seedlings. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a man, wearing a bowtie, in greenhouse, checking seedlings. |
| 665:10 | Group of AMR workers in Russia, relaxing in the shade. - [between 1920-1924]. - 5.5 x 7 |
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cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows 3 women and 2 men, relaxing in the shade. Standing in back, man on the left |
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believed to be Arthur Slagel. A woman is standing beside him. Seated are two women. The man seated |
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at right, is possibly from Russia. |
| 665:11 | Russian friend of American Mennonite Relief workers in Russia.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 5 |
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x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This small photograph shows Lida Peshchansky in Marie De LaRoche's room in Russia. |
| 665:12 | AMR workers travelling through Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.3 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows 3 men in warm winter clothing, posed beside a car. L-r: Mr. Siemens, G.G. |
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Hiebert from California in long, hooded fur coat, Peter H. Unruh from Kansas in fur-collared coat. |
| 665:13 | Harvest time at Michael Horsch's relief center in Germany. - [between 1922-1924]. - 8.5 x |
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6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This picture shows a building in Germany, believed to be part of the South German Mennonite Relief |
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project, Christenpflicht, led by Michael Horsch. A long, loaded wagon is standing in front. |
| 665:14 | Threshing by the South German Mennonite Relief organization. - [between 1922-1924]. - 8.5 |
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x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a building in Germany with a turret in the centre, showing the steam rising from the |
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threshing machine and a smaller loaded wagon. The threshing operation is hidden in the shade of the |
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building. 2 copies |
| 665:15 | Threshing - South German Mennonite relief, Christenpflicht. - [between 1922-1924]. - 8.5 x |
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6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This picture shows the doorway to the interior of Michael Horsch's barn in Germany. Inside, a man, with a |
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full sack is standing in front of a ladder. There is also a woman kneeling on the floor and another man. |
| 665:16 | Harvest time at the South German Mennonite Relief center. - [between 1922-1924]. - 8.5 x |
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6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows 3 women and 3 men with their sheaves standing in a field. This relief effort was |
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the project of Michael Horsch, Germany, called Christenpflicht. |
| 665:17 | Bringing in the sheaves by South German Mennonite Relief. - [between 1922-1924]. - 8.5 x |
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6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a heavily laden wagon being pulled by two oxen at Michael Horsch's center , |
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Christenpflicht, in Germany. One man standing on each side of wagon. |
| 665:18 | Harvest time at the South German Mennonite relief centre. - [between 1922-1924]. - 8.5 x |
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6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a woman walking away from the open barn doors, with a scarf on her head, |
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carrying away chaff and baled straw at Michael Horsch's South German Mennonite relief centre, |
| 665:19 | Horse-drawn public car in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows passengers getting on and off of a wagon drawn by two horses in Stobtsi, believed |
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to be in Russia. |
| 665:20 | The homeless in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the side of a log building where a family has erected a primitive, cloth-covered |
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shelter for themselves. Assumedly the mother is seated on the ground at the opening with 2 children and |
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another person inside. Photograph taken in Stobtsi believed to be in Russia. |
| 665:21 | The Hofers in Egypt. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 11 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows David and Barbara Hofer on camels, a sphinx to the right and a pyramid behind |
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them. Two Egyptian children are walking in front of them and other Egyptians are on the sideline. |
| 665:22 | Hofer's birth place. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 9 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a man in a dark winter coat and cap leaning against a fence. The fence is in front |
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of a house, image very faint. There are a few children and a car beside the house. David Hofer was |
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born in Johannesruh, near Melitopol. |
| 665:23 | Hofers - Threshing scene - Molotschna Colony. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows David and wife, Barbara, Hofer watching the threshing in the Molotschna Colony, |
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Russia. |
| 665:24 | Farewell to Hofer's - Schoenwiese, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 5.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows of a group of about 50 people at the station in Schoenwiese, Russia, bidding |
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farewell to to the David Hofers. Included on the photograph: l-r. Row 1: David Hofer, Barbara Hofer, |
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Unruh, the others in Row 1 are unknown. |
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Row 2: Bernhard Abrahams, Ält. Johann Klassen, Lehrer Johann Janzen, the others unknown |
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Row 3: unknown, Mrs. Heinrich Huebert, Heinrich Huebert, unknown, unknown, Franz Thiessen, the others |
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unknown. |
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Last row: 9th person Heinrich Harder and his daughter. |
| 665:25 | City scene in Russia, probably Kremlin. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11.5 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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A faded photograph of a steet in Russia. |
| 665:26 | Kremlin, Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11.5 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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Faded photograph of rather magnificent buildings on the waterfront, identified as the Kremlin in Moscow. |
| 665:27 | Looking over Kremlin in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8.5 cm; [b&w}. |
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This photograph shows the Kremlin in the background with 2 pedestrians walking along the sidewalk. |
| 665:28 | Kremlin in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8.5 cm; [b&w}. |
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A scene of the Kremlin in Moscow. |
| 665:29 | Kremlin in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8.5 cm; [b&w}. |
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This is a dark, but faded photograph of the Kremlin in Moscow. |
| 665:30 | Kremlin in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8.5 cm; [b&w}. |
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This photograph shows the Kremlin in Moscow along the waterfront. |
| 665:31 | Kremlin in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 11.8 cm; [b&w}. |
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This photograph shows the wall and one of the towers of the Kremlin in Moscow - rather darkened |
| 665:32 | Building in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 7.5 x 11 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a building, possibly a church, believed to be in Moscow, Russia with scaffolding |
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along the side. |
| 665:33 | Building in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 12.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This slightly faded photograph shows a Russian style church building in Russia - possibly n Moscow with |
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scaffolding along the front. |
| 665:34 | Church building in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 9.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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A winter scene in Moscow with a typical church building. |
| 665:35 | Big bell of church in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 7,5 x 11.8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the big bell of a Russian church in Moscow. It was wrecked shortly after picture |
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was taken. |
| 665:36 | Russian church building in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 7.5 x 11 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a typical Russian church building in Moscow. There are 3 copies of this |
| 665:37 | Near the home of Ivan the Terrible. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 11 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows part of an elaborately decorated Russian-style building near the home of Ivan the |
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Terrible. |
| 665:38 | Ivan the Terrible's Country Home. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 11 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a church building with a bell in the tower, identified as Ivan the Terrible's country |
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home. |
| 665:39 | Country home of Ivan the Terrible in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 11 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an old typical Russian church building identified as Ivan the Terrible's country |
| 665:40 | Building in Moscow, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 12 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a building in Moscow, identified as a A.Mus. |
| 665:41 | Photo of painting in Moscow.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 12 x 7 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a large painting showing impoverished people watching an individual being pulled |
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away in a rugged wooden vehicle in the snow. |
| 665:42 | Painting in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 12 x 7 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a number of paintings mounted on a wall - three on each side of a painting of 3 |
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noble-looking men on horses. The paintings are in a building in Moscow identified as A.M. |
| 665:43 | Entrance to building in Moscow - A.Mus.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 7.5 x 12 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows men, women and children entering a building in Moscow. |
| 665:44 | Children Marching in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a street with a long line of children marching along a rail track. |
| 665:45 | Mennonite Relief worker in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a tall, (unidentified Mennonite Relief worker) man wearing a hat and other winter |
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attire in front of a chain link fence. There are buildings and people behind this fence. In Moscow. |
| 665:46 | AMR office in Moscow. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the inside of the AMR office in Moscow. Ladies and men are sitting at their desks, |
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the women mostly behind typewriters. One man is standing at the back in front of a shelf of files. |
| 665:47 | Dnieper River, Kitchkas, Russia. - 1923. - 12 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an ice jam on the Dnieper River. It is a down-stream view, taken from the |
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Kitchkas Bridge. Kitchkas village in the background on right and upper end of Chortitza Island on right. |
| 665:48 | Dnieper River, Kitchkas. - 1923. - 12 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an ice jam on the Dnieper River, taken from the Kitchkas bridge - an upstream |
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view. (2 copies of photograph) |
| 665:49 | Bridge over Dnieper River at Einlage. - 1923. - 12 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an ice-jam on the Dnieper River, with the famous Kitchkas bridge (at Einlage) in |
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the background. The bridge is over 500 feet long, central section of span replaced twice. (2 copies) |
| 665:50 | Dnieper Rapids, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the Dnieper Rapids |
| 665:51 | The big rapids on the Dnieper River, Russia. - 1923. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the big rapids of the Dnieper River in Russia. |
| 665:52 | Rocks along the Dnieper River, Russia. - 1923. - 8 x 6.8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the rugged rocks along the Dnieper River at "Raetal", by the Insel Chortitza. |
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Taken in the Summer. |
| 665:53 | Mill at Dnieper rapids. - 1923. - 5.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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An old-fashioned mill-race at the rapids on the Dnieper River, Russia. (2 copies) |
| 665:54 | Dnieper Rapids. - 1923. - 10.8 x 7.7 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the Dnieper Rapids from the shore line, includes a mill. |
| 665:55 | American Mennonite Relief workers in Schoenwiese, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x |
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5.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of eight men dressed for Winter posed in front of a Ford car by the Dyck |
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house in Schoenwiese. L-r - Mr. Perk, repair man in light trousers; Siemens, the watchman in back, 2 |
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chauffeurs, Siemens and Klassen in front with the watchman's son, Siemens, between them, then Peter |
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Hermann Unruh, Arthur Slagel, Klassen. |
| 665:56 | Shipping tractors from Alexandrowsk to Alt Samara. - 1923. - 10.2 x 7.7 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows 4 tractors lined up in front of train cars, with 7 men posing beside them, one |
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beside an automobile at the right. The photograph is taken in Alexandrowsk. The tractors are being |
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shipped to Alt Samara. |
| 665:57 | American Mennonite Relief Workers in Schoenwiese, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x |
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7.7 cm'. |
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This photograph shows a group of men, women and children by a brick house in Schoenwiese. Two |
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younger girls are displaying the U.S. flag. In the seated row of adults, Bernhard Abrams is identified with |
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his child in front of him. |
| 665:58 | American Mennonite Relief Workers in Schoenwiese, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.4 |
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x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows 4 men with an automobile and another motor veheicle with trailer in Schoenwiese, |
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Chortitza Colony, Russia. L-r: 2nd man is Bernhard Klassen. |
| 665:59 | American Mennonite Relief transportation department. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows two vehicles in front of a barn in Schoenwiese, Chortitza Colony, Russia. Three |
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men are posing with the vehicles, l-r Julius Siemens, unknown, Bernhard Klassen. |
| 665:60 | American Mennonite Relief warehouse in Schoenwiese, Russia. - 1923. - 7.7 x 11 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the exterior of the American Mennonite Relief warehouse in Schoenwiese, formerly |
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the Jakob H. Niebuhr flour mill turning out flour to ship down the Dnieper River to Turkey. |
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First two floors of warehouse were used for American Mennonite Relief work. (2 copies) |
| 665:61 | Amereican Mennonite Relief Food Package. - 1923. - 7 x 11 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a bearded man standing on the shipping platform of the American Mennonite Relief |
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warehouse in Schoenwiese (Alexandrovsk) with the contents of a food package displayed in front of him, |
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described on reverse of photo as follows: 49 lbs. flour, 25 lbs. rice, 15 lbs. sugar, 10 lbs. bulk lard, 1 lb. |
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tea, 20 tins milk. The Russian wording is there as well. |
| 665:62 | American Mennonite Relief warehouse in Schoenwiese/Alexandrovsk. - 1923. - 12 x 6.5 |
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cm; [b&w]. |
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This photographs shows the exterior of the former Jakob H. Niebuhr mill in Schoenwiese/Alexandrovsk, |
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Russia, which was used as a warehouse by the American Mennonite Relief workers in 1923. The railroad |
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track is shown in the forefront. The section where food was stored is inked in. |
| 665:63 | Sorting clothing for American Mennonite Relief in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11.4 x 7 |
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cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows women sorting sacks of clothing in the Schoenwiese/Alexandrovsk warehouse of |
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the American Mennonite Relief project in Russia. Two ladies are identified as H. Klassen sisters. |
| 665:64 | American Mennonite Relief warehouse in Schoenwiese/Alexandrovsk. - 1923. - 8 x 11.4 |
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cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the interior of the American Mennonite Relief warehouse in Schoenwiese, Russia - |
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"just a small corner showing a stack of flour" guarded by a bearded man. (2 copies) |
| 665:65 | American Mennonite Relief in Russia, office gate. - [between 1920--1924]. - 8 x 6.5 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a wooden picket fence in front of a two-storey building, apparently the office of |
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the American Mennonite Relief workers in Schoenwiese. There is a Russian sign attached to the fence. |
| 665:66 | American Mennonite Relief office in Schoenwiese, Russia. - [between 1920--1924]. - 12.5 x |
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7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a two storey mansion which was the Koop house in Schoenwiese and is used as |
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the office for the American Mennonite Relief workers. |
| 665:67 | Koop House in Schoenwiese, Russia.. - [between 1920--1924]. - 12.5 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the treed yard, gazebo and Koop house in Schoenwiese, Russia, which served as |
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office for the American Mennonite Relief workers. Caption in back of faded copy of picture: "Our |
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present office, from the rear. The street is just beyond the gate at the end of the drive. It was a lovely |
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place, and could be made nice again." [two copies) |
| 665:68 | Woodpile in Schoenwiese, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 12 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a winter scene in Schoenwiese, Chortitza Colony, Russia. There is a long building |
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in the background with some bare trees and logs of wood covered with snow in the foreground. |
| 665:69 | American Mennonite Relief headquarters in Alexandrovsk, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - |
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12.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This is a dark photograph of the AMR headquarters in Alexandrovsk. Caption written by Arthur Slagel - |
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The upstairs windows in sight look out from my room. The window on the extreme right below is my |
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"sanction". The corner room is the main office. On the left - the dining room windows. Above, the guest |
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room. This building was formerly the Dyck house. (see also Koop house - AMR office) |
| 665:70 | American Mennonite Relief headquarters, Alexandrovsk, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - |
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12.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This is a photograph of the headquarters of AMR in Alexandrovsk/Schoenwiese, formerly the Dyck |
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house. Caption written by Arthur Slagel - A somewhat better picture of the personnel house than the other |
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one I sent you. There are no fresh photographic supplies here, and mine are too old to make nice work. |
| 665:71 | Dyck house in Alexandrovsk/Schoenwiese, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11,5 x 8 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph is a clearer picture of 3 in this collection of the American Mennonite Relief headquarters |
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in Alexandrovsk, Russia. This building features a small balcony off the 2nd floor, decorated gables and a |
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verandah in the back. |
| 665:72 | H. T. Dyck's garden. - [[between 1920-1924]. - 6 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the "allee" in the H. T. Dyck garden in Russia, when the American Mennonite |
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Relief workers were there. |
| 665:73 | Fuel bazaar in Alexandrovsk, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 13 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an open area lined with goods (unable to identify) on two sides and people dressed |
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in winter clothing walking alongside, as well as horse-drawn wagons. Some buildings are seen in the |
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background. Picture is somewhat faded. It has been identified by Arthur Slagel as the fuel bazaar in |
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Alexandrovsk. |
| 665:74 | President of the Alexandrovsk Gebiet in Russia with AMR workers. - [between 1920-1924]. |
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- 10 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photographs shows 3 men standing and 2 seated in the corner of a room. The President of the |
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Alexandrovsk Gebiet in Russia is seated on the left. The others are American Mennonite Relief workers |
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as seen on Photo #665-7 - need identification. Arthur Slagel is standing on the left side. (2 copies) |
| 665:75 | Portrait of Rudolf and Maria Kerber and young child. - 1923. - 13 x 8.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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A family portait of Rudolf Kerber with wife, Maria, and child. Kerber, living in Schoenwiese/Alexandrovsk, |
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Ukraine, was helping with the efforts of the American Mennonite Relief workers and gave this photograph |
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to Arthur Slagel on July 12, 1923, to remember him by. |
| 665:76 | Family Portrait of S. and H. Martins, Alexandrovsk, Ukraine. - 1923. - 13.5 x 8.5; [b&w]. |
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Family portrait of S. and H. Martins who assisted the American Mennonite Relief workers in Russia in |
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1923. The children are a daughter, wearing a large bow in her hair, and a toddler son. The photograph was |
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given to Arthur Slagel in May, 1923, in memory of their relief work and the many difficulties they were |
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able to overcome through their united efforts. |
| 665:77 | Family Portrait of Julius & Mathilde Siemens, Alexandrowsk, Russ.. - ca. 1923. - 12.5 x 7.5 |
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cm; [b&w]. |
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Family portrait of Julius and Mathilde (nee Janzen) Siemens from Schoenwiese, who served as |
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chaueffeur for the American Mennonite Relief workers in Russia in 1923. It includes their young |
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daughter, wearing a checkered dress and a ribbon in her hair. The photograph was given to Arthur Slagel |
| 665:78 | An outing on the Dnieper River-Chortitza Island. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of men and women on the Island of Chortitza standing on the banks of |
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the Dnieper River. They were from Schoenwiese, on an outing in May with Arthur Slagel, the American |
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Mennonite Relief Worker. L-r : Franz Thiessen with his wife, Miss Thiessen, Mr. Thiessen, Miss Hamm, |
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Arthur Slagel. |
| 665:79 | An outing on the Dnieper River-Chortitza Island. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11.5 x 7.5 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of men and women on the Island of Chortitza sitting on the banks of the |
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Dnieper River. They were from Schoenwiese on an outing in May with Arthur Slagel the American |
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Mennonite Relief Worker. He describes it as a nice sandy island, not far from the Alexandrowsk shore, |
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which can be seen in the background. L-r : Miss Hamm, Mr. Thiessen, Arthur Slagel, Miss Thiessen, Franz |
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Thiessen and Mrs. Thiessen, whom he describes as the erstwhile "belle of Schoenwiese". |
| 665:80 | An outing on the Dnieper River-Chortitza Island. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11.5 x 7.5 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of men and women from Schoenwiese sitting in a boat on the shores of |
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the Dnieper River. They were on an outing on the first of May with Arthur Slagel the American Mennonite |
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Relief Worker. On the photograph are the Thiessens, Miss Hamm and Arthur Slagel. Possibly Mr. |
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Suderman took the picture. See Nos. 665-78 & 665-79 for more details. |
| 665:81 | Schoenwiese Outing on Chortitza Island. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photo shows a group of over 20 men and women from Schoenwiese seated on the ground having a |
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picnic. The women are wearing hats. They are on an outing on the Chortitza Island with Arthur Slagel, |
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American Mennonite Relief Worker. |
| 665:82 | Two women on the banks of the Dnieper River. - [between 1920-1924]. - 5.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows two well-dressed ladies standing on the rocks on the banks of the Dnieper River in |
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Russia. They are holding a bunch of flowers. The picture was possibly taken on an outing by Arthur |
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Slagel the American Mennonite Relief Worker. See No. 665-83. |
| 665:83 | Arthur Slagel on an outing by car. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 5.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows Arthur Slagel standing by an automobile of the times with two ladies (see Photo |
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No. 665-82). A man is standing on the other side of the car. They are on the rocky shore of the Dnieper |
| 665:84 | An old thatched roof mud house in Rosenthal, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 12x7 |
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cm;[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a housebarn Mennonite residence in the village of Rosenthal, Chortitza Colony, |
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Russia. The house is described as a mud house with a thatched roof. The house has shuttered windows. |
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There is a larger two-wheeled cart in the front holding a large barrel. |
| 665:85 | A street in Chortitza, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11x8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a wide street in the village of Chortitza, Chortitza Colony, Russia, with oxen tied to |
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wagons and people on the street and sidewalk. |
| 665:86 | Chortitza Zentralschule, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11x8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a part of two buildings. In the background is the Chortitza Zentralschule in the |
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village of Chortitza, Russia. |
| 665:87 | Chortitza Girls' School, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11x8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This is a rather faded photograph of the Chortitza Girls' School (Maedchenschule) in Russia. There are |
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some bare trees and a low fence in front of the building. |
| 665:88 | The Chortitza Church, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph is a Summer view of the Mennonite Church in Chortitza, Chortitza Colony, Russia. |
| 665:89 | Teachers of the Chortitza Teachers' Seminary. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.8 x 8 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the teachers, with their families, of the Teachers' Seminary in Chortitza, Russia. |
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Standing l-r: 3rd person, Dietrich H. Epp, 5th person Heinrich H. Epp. Seated l-r, 2nd lady, Mrs. Agnetha |
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Epp, nee Klassen, holding child. |
| 665:90 | Teachers of the Chortitza Zentralschule. - . - . |
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This photograph shows the teachers and famiies of the Chortitza Zentralschule in Chortitza, Russia. |
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Standing l-r 2nd Dietrich H. Epp, at the end Abram Jakob Wiebe. The women and children, seated are |
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unknown, except for the lady in the light dress in the middle in front - Charlotte Wassmuss. |
| 665:91 | Chortitza Zentralschule, Teachers and Students 1922-23. - 1923. - 13.8 x 9 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a large group of students of the Chortitza Zentralschule, posing with some of their |
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teachers. Most are dressed in Winter coats and caps. One of the girls in the very front is a daughter of |
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the teacher, Abram. J. Wiebe. The teachers are seated in the second row, l - r, 9th from left is Abram J. |
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Wiebe, 10th unknown, 11th is Dietrich H. Epp, 12th Anna David Sudermann, 13th Charlotte Wassmuss. |
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These are the students from the year 1922-23. |
| 665:92 | Inspector Aron Toews and family, Chortitza. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This family shows the family of Aron Toews (born 1887), identified by Arthur Slagel as Inspector Toews. |
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He was also a Prediger. The family is seated in front of a neatly clipped hedge. L-r: Mrs. Maria Toews, |
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nee Sudermann, with daughter, Maria, on her lap; standing are daughters, Olga (later Mrs. Rempel) and |
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Natasha, then Aron Toews with son, Nikolai, in front of him. |
| 665:93 | American Mennonite Relief Worker with two ladies. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 6 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows two ladies and a man in the room of Mme De LaRoche's. The man is one of the |
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American Mennonite Relief workers - also shown on Photo 665-4 and 665-7. The lady beside him is Lida |
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Peshchansky, see Photo 665-11. |
| 665:94 | Shipping AMR Fordson outfits. - 1923. - 10 x 8.2 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows several tractors alongside train cars. Four men in the background. |
| 665:95 | AMR tractor repair shop - Chortitza. - [between 1920-1924]. - 13 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the interior of the tractor repair shop in Chortitza, Russia. Two men are operating |
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the repair machines. |
| 665:96 | AMR rye field. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows Arthur Slagel standing in a rye field in Chortitza, Russia, with the representatives |
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of the Agricultural Committee of the American Mennonite Relief. |
| 665:97 | Harvesting AMR barley in Chortitza, Russia. - 1923. - 10 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the men in the field in Chortitza, Russia, harvesting the barley crop for the |
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American Mennonite Relief. |
| 665:98 | Harvesting AMR Barley near Chortitza, Russia. - 1923. - 10 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows American Mennonite Relief workers operating the Fordson and other farm |
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implements to harvest the barley crop near Chortitza, Russia. |
| 665:99 | AMR tractor in Kitchkas, Russia. - 1923. - 5.3 x 4 cm; [b&w]. |
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This small photograph shows a man operating a tractor on a field in Kitchkas. Another man is observing |
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his work. |
| 665:100 | An American Mennonite Relief kitchen in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 5.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This small photograph shows a large group, mostly women and children, in front of a building in Gulaipol |
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(Nikolaipol?), labelled as the AMR kitchen - one of the worst districts. (2 copies) |
| 665:101 | AMR kitchen near Einlage, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This shows a large group of mostly women and children seated on the yard in front of a house. It is |
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identified as the kitchen on the way to Einlage - possibly Wosnessensk. |
| 665:102 | Waiting at an AMR kitchen. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a large group of mostly children with a few adults in the background, standing |
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outside of a building, waiting for food at one of the American Mennonite Relief kitchens in Russia. |
| 665:103 | Guests at the Daily Feast - American Mennonite Relief in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - |
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11 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows about 30 children who came to the American Mennonite Relief kitchen in Chortitza, |
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Russia. |
| 665:104 | American Mennonite Relief kitchen in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of about 25 warmly dressed women and children in front of the verandah |
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of the American Mennonite Relief kitchen in Rusia, possibly Chortitza. |
| 665:105 | First Immigration Train from Russia, 1923. - 1923. - 11 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of people, mostly men, standing along side the railway track in Chortitza, |
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Russia. It is the first group of immigrants to leave Russia in 1923. |
| 665:106 | First Immigration Train, Chortitza. - 1923. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the freight train in Chortitza beside another train track. There are a few men |
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walking about. This is labelled as the "1st Immigrant Train" that left from Chortitza, Russia, in 1923. The |
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cars are described as ordinary freight cars 16.5 tons capacity - 4 wheels. 25-28 persons traveled in each |
| 665:107 | First Immigrant Train, Chortitza, Russia. - 1923. - 11 x 7.7 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the landscape of the train station in Chortitza, Russia, with horses and wagons |
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scattered on the left side and a large number of people standing alongside the train getting ready to board. |
| 665:108 | Interior of Immigration Train - Chortitza, Russia. - 1923. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a family settling into the makeshift seats of the freight train provided for the |
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Mennonite immigrants in Chortitza in 1923. The mother is shown with possibly 6 of her children and |
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another woman. |
| 665:109 | Boarding the Immigration Train in Russia. - 1923. - 10.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a long group of men, women and children between two freight trains. The date is |
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July 2, 1923. Some have already boarded the train on the right. |
| 665:110 | Schoenwiese group of Immigrants, 1923. - 1923. - 11 x 7.8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a large group of immigrants posing before their departure to Canada on the 2nd |
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immigration train. They traveled in 6 box cars. This group of men, women and children is identified as |
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the Schoenwiese Group. |
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Back row on top platform - l-r: Heinrich Janzen (alter), Heinrich Janzen, John J. Dyck 1883-1938, Johann |
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Andreas Vogt 1898-1956, Mrs. Gerhard Penner, Abram Andreas Vogt 1887-1968, Marie Penner, (daughter |
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of Mrs. Gerhard Penner to her right), John Klassen, unknown woman in front of him, Mrs. J. Schellenberg, |
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beam, unknown woman, unknown woman, Mrs. Justina Dyck 1890-1971 (without cap), unknown woman, |
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Mrs. Katharina Klassen, wife of Aeltester Johann Klassen next to her, woman behind them unknown, |
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unknown man, unknown woman, unknown man, Mrs. Elisabeth Vogt 1899-1938, Miss Susanna Peters, |
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(sister to Andreas Peters to her left) unknown man, Mrs. Helena Vogt 1897-1973 with her sister, Mrs. |
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Maria Peters, wife of Andreas Peters next to her, Peter Klassen, Herman Heinrich Epp 1903-, unknown |
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man, unknown man, beam, Mrs. Hildebrand with her husband beside her, unknown man, unknown man. |
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2nd Row - l-r: 3rd rom the left, Aganetha Epp 1908-, 6th from the left, Mrs. Maria Klassen, (wife of Rev. |
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Isaac Klassen) |
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3rd Row, seated lower - l-r: 3rd from left Aganetha Klassen (daughter of Aeltester Klassen in back row), |
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6th from left, Kay Klassen (daughter of Aeltester Klassen), 7th from left Helen Klassen (daughter of |
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Aeltester Klassen), then Margaret Dyck, Mary Dyck (daughter of John J. Dyck in back row), next girl |
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unknown, Helen Huebert, Eduard Klassen (son of Aeltester Klassen), Franz Peters (son of Andreas Peters |
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in back row), John Dyck 1911-, Victor Klassen (son of Aeltester Klassen), Cornelius Dyck 1909-, John |
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Falk, Andreas Peters (son of Andreas Peters in back row), Cornelius Klassen (son of Aeltester Klassen), |
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Jacob Peters, no cap (son of Andreas Peters), unknown boy. |
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Front row - l-r: First girl wearing dark apron, next with small, dark purse over shoulder, little boy with big |
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hat - all unknown, next 4 also unknown, then Helen Dyck 1915-, next two girls unknown, then Mrs. Erna |
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Fast, 1916-, Peter Peters ( son of Andreas Peters), unknown boy, Jake Schellenberg, unknown boy. |
| 665:111 | Sawatzkys - Schoenwiese Immigration Train. - 1923. - 11.3 x 8,2 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of men, women and children posed in front of a freight train ready for |
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boarding. There are steps by the opening for easier boarding. Third person from left is Heinrich |
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Sawatzky. The 11th person standing in front of the train is Heinrich Peter Harder. This is part of the |
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Schoennwieser Group that left Russia for Canada in 1923. |
| 665:112 | Interioir of Immigration train. - 1923. - 11 x 8.6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the an immigrant family sitting in the interior of a train car. The shelving has been |
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installed by the immigrants. Lower beds with space below for baggage. Small shelf in rear for parcels. |
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There are 4 small openings in the cars and two big iron doors. 25-28 persons traveled in these cars. |
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The family (3 adults and 2 children) is that of Jakob Jakob Schellenberg, former teacher in Schoenwiese, |
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Russia. These immigrants were part of the 2nd train, the Schoenwieser Group. |
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(duplicate copy) |
| 665:113 | Interior of Immigration train 1923. - 1923. - 11 x 7.8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the Johann Jakob Dyck family seated in an immigration car, of the 2nd |
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immigration train. The freight train car has been made more comfortable for the long ride with shelves for |
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beds and storage. Besides Johann Dyck and his wife, there are 7 children. Girl with white cap and little |
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fellow in front are not part of the Dyck family, the boy is Jacob Schellenberg, Jr. This car was part of |
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the 2nd train to leave Russia in 1923 - the Schoenwiese group. |
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(1 extra copy of this photograph plus larger print #665-114) |
| 665:114 | Interior of Immigration Train 1923. - 1923. - 17 x 12 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the Johann Jakob Dyck family seated in an immigration car, of the 2nd |
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immigration train. The freight train car has been made more comfortable for the long ride with shelves for |
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beds and storage. Besides Johann Dyck and his wife, there are 7 children. Girl with white cap and little |
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fellow in front are not part of the Dyck family, the boy is Jacob Schellenberg, Jr. This car was part of |
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the 2nd train to leave Russia in 1923 - the Schoenwiese group. |
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(see #665-113 for smaller copies of this photograph) |
| 665:115 | Second Immigration Train from Russia, 1923. - 1923. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the Mennonite immigrants loading the train cars at the Chortitza station. The |
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people traveling in a car had to put in planks for beds, etc. |
| 665:116 | The crowd at the departure of the third immigration train, 1923. - 1923. - 8 x 11 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the crowd at the station to see the train off. Arthur Slagel's comment - "many |
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more when the first group went". |
| 665:117 | Immigrants to Canada in Lechfeld, Germany - 1923. - 1923. - 10 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a large group of men, women and children posed in front of a building. Arthur |
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Slagel has identified it as "Lechfeld, 1923". Germany provided this temporary camp in Bavaria for the |
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Mennonite immigrants en route to Canada. |
| 665:118 | American Mennonite Relief Kitchen in Yantchikrak, Russia. - 1923. - 8 x 5.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a large group of women and children waiting for food at the entrance of a building |
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with a straw-thatched roof - the AMR kitchen in Yantchikrak, Russia. Arthur Slagel's comment - "The |
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people there are very badly off". There are two small copies of this photograph. |
| 665:119 | Gypsies in Yantchikrak, Russia. - 1923. - 10 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of men, women and children seated on the ground in front of a tent. There |
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appears to be a village in the background. Arthur Slagel has identified these people as gypsies in |
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Yantschikrak. |
| 665:120 | Farming in Nicopol, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 8.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph, taken in Nicopol, Russia, shows a young man steering an ox that is pulling an implement |
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across the field, guided by a woman seated on top. There is a car in the background. |
| 665:121 | Feeding the hungry children in a government kitchen in Russia. - 1923. - 8 x 5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of 5 children seated on a low ledge in Nicopol, Russia. eating food from |
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the government kitchen. Note the swollen feet on the two girls. The boy in the centre is a mere skeleton. |
| 665:122 | A starving child in Russia, ca. 1923. - [between 1920-1924]. - 4.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a starving and naked little boy, with a swollen belly. |
| 665:123 | Long poles shipped to Nicopol, Russia.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows three men posing on the end of a carload of long poles - "precious telegraph |
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poles"? They are on the way to Nicopol, Russia. The men are identified as Mr. Krehbill and Gerhard |
| 665:124 | Trainloads to Nicopol, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows 4 men perched on a flat carload and a few women seated on another carload which |
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is loaded with long poles. There are also 2 young girls on the ground. The train is headed to Nicopol, |
| 665:125 | The Dnieper River at Nicopol. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a loading dock by the Dnieper River in Nicopol. There are horses, workers and |
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onlookers standing alongside the sheds and fences. |
| 665:126 | Typical Mennonite home in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a typical Mennonite home in Russia taken from the street, showing the fence and |
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a well in the background. There is snow on the ground and the trees are bare. A young lad is walking by. |
| 665:127 | A typical Mennonite home of the older type in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the exterior of an older type Mennonite home in Russia showing the fence and part |
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of the treed yard. |
| 665:128 | Typical straw-thatched mud house of the Ukraine. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 8.5 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a number of straw-thatched mud houses, described by Arthur Slagel as typical of |
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the Ukraine. |
| 665:129 | A windmill in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a windmill in Russia with village houses in the distant background. |
| 665:130 | Windmills in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11.8 x 7.4 cm; [b&w]. |
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This is a rather faded photograph, showing 7 windlmills on a field in Russia. |
| 665:131 | A Russian ladder-wagon. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 8.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a loaded, Russian ladder-wagon standing alongside a road. Two men and a young |
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boy are standing in front of the two oxen that are pulling the wagon. There is a car parked behind the |
| 665:132 | Russian teamstress. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a Russian woman standing in front of a team of oxen pulling a wagon on a city |
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street in Russia. A female is seated on the wagon. |
| 665:133 | Two horses and two oxen ready to work on the field.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8.5 |
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cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a man riding a farm implement which is being pulled by two horses. One ox is |
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standing beside each horse. There is a reluctant young boy posing beside one of the oxen and a man in |
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front of the other ox. Arthur Slagel describes the scene as "going to the field". |
| 665:134 | Mixed team plowing in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a team of oxen behind a team of horses taking a break from plowing in Prischib, |
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Volost, Russia. A lady is standing beside the oxen. (there are two copies of this photograph) |
| 665:135 | Reaper in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 8.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a man seated beside a swather, being pulled by team of oxen. |
| 665:136 | Waiting for food at the AMR kitchen in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 12 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a large group, mostly older children, posed at the doorway of the American |
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Mennonite Relief kitchen in a Russian village - Orechowka, Shavkai Volost. There are two copies of this |
| |
photograph. The 2nd photo is described as Molokaner village - Molotschna. Most of the people are |
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carrying a small pail for their food. |
| 665:137 | Harvest scene - Molotschna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an open field wihere the crop is being harvested. Three persons in front of the |
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first tractor are probably David Hofer and his wife and one of the American Mennonite Relief workers. |
| 665:138 | American Mennonite Relief harvest in Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a harvest scene in Russia. Besides the farm implements, there is a car in the |
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background on the field. The lady in the forefront wearing a white top and a hat is probably David Hofer's |
| |
wife, with her husband and an AMR worker. There is also a smaller copy 8.5 x 5.5 cm. |
| 665:139 | Molotschna ruins. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the remains of a large brick building in a deserted field, apparently destroyed by |
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the Machno band. Nothing left of the roof. |
| 665:140 | Machno's ruins. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows two men in Winter garb posed in front of roofless buildings in a deserted field. |
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Slagel described it as "a Wirtschaft ruined by the Machnows". |
| 665:141 | AMR tractors in Halbstadt. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows several tractors in action on a large open field in the Halbstadt, Molotschna, area |
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in Russia, with a number of workers and onlookers roaming about. The tractors were provided by the |
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American Mennonite Relief. |
| 665:142 | Nellie Dyck, Halbstadt teacher, 1923. - 1923. - 7 x 5.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a young lady posed on a path lined with shrubs and trees- in German an "Allee". |
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She is identified as the teacher in Halbstadt, Molotschna. |
| 665:143 | AMR kitchen in Halbstadt. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 5.8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of about 50 people in Winter garb lined up alongside a building which |
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housed the kitchen for the American Mennonite Relief. Some Relief workers are standing at the entrance |
| 665:144 | Oxen hauling food in Halbstadt. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photographs shows several oxen teams ready to haul wagons loaded with sacks of food to the |
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kitchen warehouses in Halbstadt, Molotschna, Russia. |
| 665:145 | Distribution of AMR food packages in Halbstadt. - [between 1920-1924]. - 12 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a number of wagons close to the entrance of a building in Halbstadt. Apparently |
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food packages are being picked up here. |
| 665:146 | AMR kitchen in Halbstadt. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a large group of people, many of them children, some with pails, in front of a |
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building in Halbstadt, Molotschna. They are dressed in Winter clothing and there is snow on the ground. A |
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big man, holding a briefcase, is watching over them. |
| 665:147 | AMR in Halbstadt, Molotschna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 12 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photographs shows a group of younger children standing separated from a group of adults and older |
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children in the archway of a one-storey building in Halbstadt. There are some unidentified AMR workers |
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and a car (or truck) on the picture. |
| 665:148 | A beggar in Halbstadt, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a beggar in ragged clothes, standing at an open gateway. There is snow on the |
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ground. There is a shed and larger building in the back. |
| 665:149 | A child begging for food in Halbstadt, Russia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a child in ragged clothing holding a bowl and a small cloth sack in its hands and a |
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large pail on its arm. The picture is taken in Halbstadt, Molotschna, Russia. |
| 665:150 | P. H. Unruh and D. M. Hofer in Halbstadt, Molotschna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 10.7 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows two gentlemen - P. H. Unruh and D. M. Hofer, (holding a hat) shaking hands in |
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front of a hedge in Halbstadt, Molotschna. They are involved with the American Mennonite Relief in |
| 665:151 | Russian hut in Halbstadt. - 1923. - 8 x 5.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a woman standing by a low construction with a straw roof, makeshift entrance and |
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interesting chimney. Slagel describes it as "The hut of a Russian squatter in Halbstadt Volost. These |
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people are crowding in between the Mennonite villages by the hundreds." |
| 665:152 | The old idol in Götzen Brunnen Tal, Russia. - 1923. - 5.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a man standing with his hand on a statue-like form (the same height as the man). |
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It is described by Slagel as "The old idol in Götzen Brunnen Tal on the way to Halbstadt. Taken last |
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winter." There are two copies of this photograph. |
| 665:153 | American Mennonite Relief workers in Halbstadt, Molotschna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.7 |
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x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of 3 men and 3 women relaxing on the outdoor steps of a walkway in |
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Halbstadt, Molotschna.. In the back l-r - Arthur Slagel, Helena Lepp. The others are unidentified. |
| 665:154 | Teachers of Halbstadt, Molotschna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of 13 men and women, and two children, seated outside on benches on |
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either side of a long table decked with a fancy tablecloth and fine china enjoying "Faspa", possibly. |
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Arthur Slagel has identified this group as Halbstadt teachers. Nellie Dyck, wearing a light blouse, is |
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seated at the far left end, beside the boy. At the right is H. Dyck and Arthur Slagel, 3rd from front. |
| 665:155 | Halbstadt Kommerzschule, Molotschna. - 1923. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photographs shows a long two-storey building with a gable in the center of the roof. No trees or other |
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landscaping to be seen. Described by Arthur Slagel as follows: "Originally a starch factory. Later |
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remodelled for the use of the only 'college' the Mennonites in Russia had. Well attended 1912-18, but |
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dwindled and compelled to close in 1921. May open again as an agricultural school in 1923-24." |
| 665:156 | Teachers in Halbstadt, Molotschna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of teachers, men and women, and 2 children in two rows on a brick deck at |
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the doorway of a brick building, possibly the Halbstadt school. There are also 4 children seated at the |
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top of the steps. No one has been identified. |
| 665:157 | The Wilms mill in Halbstadt, Molotschna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a tall, 4-5 storey building, identified as the Wilms mill in Halbstadt, Molotschna, |
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Russia. The entrance from the street to the yard is shown with a Russian sign. It is a Summer scene, |
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with a row of trees lining the low fence. |
| 665:158 | Ohrloff Zentralschule, Molotschna. - 1923. - 11.5 x 7 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the Ohrloff Zentralschule - a beautiful two storey building with one-storey wings on |
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each side. Arthur Slagel describes it as the most modern High School building in Mennonite colonies in |
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the Ukraine. |
| 665:159 | Johann Janzen Family, Ohrloff, Molotschna. - 1923. - 10.8 x 8.2 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the Johann Janzen family posing in front of a fence, sheltered by trees. Johann |
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Janzen, teacher at the Ohrloff Zentralschule, wearing a dark suit and tie, is standing between two women. |
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There are 3 women seated in front. |
| 665:160 | Wife and children of Peter Nickel, Ohrloff, Molotschna. - 1923. - 8 x 10.3 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows Peter Nickel's wife seated in front of a fence with her young daughter and son |
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standing beside her. Peter Nickel taught at the Ohrloff Zentralschule, Molotschna, Russia. |
| 665:161 | Evangelical Russian peasants. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11.2 x 8.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of 6 women in winter garb - scarves over their heads, wearing aprons. |
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They are posed on an open field alongside a car. One of the ladies has a book in her hand. Arthur Slagel |
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describes them as Russian peasant women - Evangelical. |
| 665:162 | Street in Molotschna village. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 8.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a wide, muddy, partially snow-covered village street lined with widely-separated |
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homes (house/barn). The photograph (slightly faded) is taken in the Molotschna Colony, Russia. Two |
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men are standing at the end of one of the properties. |
| 665:163 | Gnadenfeld Zentralschule teachers & families. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 7.8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of men, women and children posed in front of a brick fence, alongside a |
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brick building in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna Colony, Russia. There are 4 men standing (in dark suits, shirt |
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and tie), 4 ladies seated and 6 children, 4 seated on a mat. None are identified. |
| 665:164 | Teachers in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows 6 teachers of Gnadenfeld posed in front of a low, brick fence alongside a brick |
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building. There are two men standing and three men and a lady seated. Arthur Slagel describes them as |
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"Teachers in Gnadenfeld 2 Class working men's School." No one is identified. |
| 665:165 | Gnadenfeld Zentralschule. - 1923. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the Zentralschule in Gnadenfeld, Russia, described by Arthur Slagel as "an old |
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building, but well preserved". |
| 665:166 | Anna Reimer, missionary. - [between 1920-1924]. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows Anna Reimer posed outside in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna Colony, Russia. Miss |
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Reimer was a missionary to India. |
| 665:167 | Graves - Sagradowka. - [between 1920-1924). - 11 x 8.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph, taken in Sagradowka, Russia, shows a group of about 20 people (mostly women, a few |
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children) standing in a row facing a field with mounds of earth (assumed to be the graves of their |
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beloved). The tress behind them are bare. |
| 665:168 | A Cathedral in Charkow, Russia.. - [between 1920-1924). - 8 x 11.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This is a Winter scene showing a cathedral in Charkow, Russia - possibly the Orthodox Annunciation |
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Cathedral in the city of Charkow, Ukraine. |
| 665:169 | Lida in Charkow. - [between 1920-1924). - 5.7 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows Lida Peschansky, standing in front of a window with lace curtains - taken in |
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Charkow, Ukraine. (See also photo 665-11) |
| 665:170 | Astrachanka, Russia. - [between 1920-1924). - 8.5 x 5.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of men (possibly American Mennonite Relief workers) standing in an open |
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field with two tractors. Arthur Slagel identifies the location as Astrachanka (Astrakhan, Russia). |
| 665:171 | Stobtsi. - [between 1920-1924). - 8.8 x 6.3 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a street scene in Stobsi, Russia. There are two men and two women standing |
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beside some carts in the forefront and a man on a horse-drawn wagon int the background. |
| 665:172 | Stobtsi. - [between 1920-1924). - 8.8 x 6.3 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows some horse-drawn wagons parked in Stobtsi, Russia. Some men in the |
| 665:173 | Stobtsi. - [between 1920-1924). - 8.8 x 6.3 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a row of open booths in Stobtsi, Russia. A lady is standing by one of the booths |
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in the forefront and another one further down the line. There is also a man observing the scene. |
| 665:174 | Stobtsi. - [between 1920-1924). - 8.8 x 6.3 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a family, apparently making their home on the steps of a building in Stobtsi, |
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Russia - a man, two women and two children. |
| 665:175 | Train in Crimea. - [between 1920-1924). - 7.5 x 12.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows some people with all kinds of ware alongside what Arthur Slagel describes as a |
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train in Crimea. |
| 665:176 | Jalta, Crimea. - [between 1920-1924). - 8.5 x 5.5 cm; {b&w]. |
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This photograph shows three men and a woman in the forefront with the city of Yalta (Jalta) and the |
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mountains in the background. The woman and man on the right are possibly David and Barbara Hofer. |
| 665:177 | Camel team - Crimea. - [between 1920-1924). - 11 x 8.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a camel team pulling a wagon with two men. David Hofer and C.E. Krehbiel are |
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standing alongside. There is also a car on the left side of the photograph. |
| 665:178 | Bazaar in Crimea. - [between 1920-1924). - 12.5 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a scene of booths and people at the bazaar in Crimea when Orie Miller was there. |
| 665:179 | Bazaar in in the Russian seaport, Novorossiysk. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph is an outdoor scene in the commercial seaport of Novorossiysk, Russia. A group of |
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people, buyers and sellers, are gathered at a bazaar. There are some low buildings in the background. |
| 665:180 | Waiting on the dock. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a goup of men and women standing on the edge of a long dock. There is a small, |
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canoe-like boat in the water with three men. Mountain in the background. This photograph was included in |
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the Novorossiysk trip collection of the American Mennonite Relief workers. |
| 665:181 | Waiting on the dock. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the same dock as on photo 665-180 from another angle. There are a group of |
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people, mostly men waiting on the end of the wooden dock. Mountains in the background. This photo was |
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included in the Novorossiysk envelope, probably taken by AMR worker Alvin J. Miller. |
| 665:182 | Docked ship. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a larger ship fastened to the dock. The name of the ship is shown, but not legible. |
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No people in view. This photo was included in the Novorossiysk envelope, probably taken by AMR |
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worker Alvin J. Miller. |
| 665:183 | Taking a view from the ship. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a man, possibly the captain, on a ship looking out on sea through an instrument. |
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This photo was included in the Novorossiysk envelope, probably taken by AMR worker Alvin J. Miller. |
| 665:184 | Waiting on the dock. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows two men with white cloth wrapped around their foreheads, standing on the same |
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dock as is shown on Photograph Nos. 665-180 and 181. There are some houses in the background. It is |
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believed that the men are Alvin J. Miller and Arthur Slagel when they were in Novorossiysk, the seaport in |
| 665:185 | Navigating the ship. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows three men on a ship. The man in the foreground, with a moustache, is holding on |
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to the steering wheel. This photo was included in the Novorossiysk envelope, probably taken by AMR |
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worker Alvin J. Miller. There are two copies of this photograph. |
| 665:186 | On the ship. - [between 1920-1924]. - 9 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a man standing on the edge of a ship looking down on a person seated below who |
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has a white cloth wrapped around his head covering. Mountains along the shore, in the background. This |
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photo was included in the Novorossiysk envelope, probably taken by AMR worker Alvin J. Miller. |
| 665:187 | A family on a ship.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 5.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group, possibly all members of one family, posing on the deck of a ship. The |
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man has a moustache and is dressed in a suit and tie. He is holding a small child wearing a white fur- |
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trimmed cap. The woman is wearing a warm hat and a large scarf over her shoulders. There is an older |
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girl standing beside her and also three young boys standing with their parents. This photo was included in |
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the Novorossiysk envelope, probably taken by AMR worker Alvin J. Miller. |
| 665:188 | Geese on board ship.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows 5 men on board a ship watching the geese and chickens trotting about. The man |
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on the left, wearing a hat, could be Arthur Slagel. This photo was included in the Novorossiysk envelope, |
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probably taken by AMR worker Alvin J. Miller. |
| 665:189 | Relaxing on deck.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows 6 men relaxing on the floor on the deck of a ship. This photo was included in the |
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Novorossiysk envelope, probably taken by AMR worker Alvin J. Miller. |
| 665:190 | The trip to Novorossiysk, Russia.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of men posing on the lower deck of a ship. Two ship attendants are |
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standing on the upper deck. This is probably a group of AMR workers, but none are identified except |
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Alvin J. Miller, in the front, who has a white cloth wrapped around his hat. This photo was included in the |
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Novorossiysk envelope. |
| 665:191 | Arthur Slagel's trip to Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph, labelled only "Germany", shows a big sky with hills in the distance and some buildings, or |
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a village, in the foreground. This was taken when Arthur Slagel toured Germany. |
| 665:192 | A station in Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a train track with a train on the left and some buildings on the right. It was taken |
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on Arthur Slagel's tour of Germany. |
| 665:193 | Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a church steeple, surrounded by trees, on the waterside. It was taken in |
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Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, on Arthur Slagel's tour of Germany. |
| 665:194 | Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a city street in Frankfurt-am-Main, taken on Arthur Slagel's tour of Germany. |
| 665:195 | Old castle near Singen, Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an old castle on the top of a mountain near the city of Singen. It was taken from |
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a moving train on Arthur Slagel's tour of Germany. There are some small trees in the foreground. |
| 665:196 | Heidelberg castle. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a castle in Heidelberg taken on Arthur Slagel's tour of Germany. |
| 665:197 | Frauenkirche, München, Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph is a large view of the city of München showing the city hall and the Frauenkirche. It was |
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taken on Arthur Slagel's tour of Germany. |
| 665:198 | Ludwig Maxim University, München. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the interior of the main hall of the Ludwig Maxim University in München., with wide |
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stairs on both sides. It was taken on Arthur Slagel's tour of Germany. |
| 665:199 | An English garden in München, Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a river bordered by trees and bushes on both sides, featuring a small waterfall. It |
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was taken in München on Arthur Slagel's tour of Germany. |
| 665:200 | The waterfall in an English garden in München, Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 |
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cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph features the waterfall in an English Garden in München, Bavaria. It was taken on Arthur |
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Slagel's tour of Germany. |
| 665:201 | Beans growing in Ingolstadt, Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph is taken from a moving train on the curve of a road showing the high supports for the |
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vines of beans growing in the area of Ingolstadt, Bavaria. It was taken on Arthur Slagel's tour of |
| 665:202 | Bean vines in Ingolstadt, Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph showing vines of beans supported by high poles, was taken from a moving train in the |
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area of Ingolstadt, Bavaria. It was taken on Arthur Slagel's tour of Germany. |
| 665:203 | Innocence asleep. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows two young, sleeping children, possibly on a train. It was taken on Arthur Slagel's |
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tour of Germany. |
| 665:204 | Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; {b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of 9 ladies posing in front of Arthur Slagel's boarding house in |
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Oberammergau, while he toured Germany. |
| 665:205 | Marie Shilcher in Oberammergau, Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; {b&w]. |
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This photograph shows Marie Shilcher, seated on a bench in front of the boarding house where Arthur |
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Slagel stayed in Oberammergau, Germany, Marie Shilcher has a dog on her lap. |
| 665:206 | Mrs. Krach's house in Oberammergau, Germany. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; |
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{b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an elegant, large house with a small balcony over the door. There are two women, |
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a man and a dog in front of the house. It was taken on Arthur Slagel's tour of Oberammergau, Germany. |
| 665:207 | Flower stand at the bazaar in Vienna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 13 x 9 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows several people standing behind a large floral display at the bazaar in the city of |
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Vienna. (There is also a smaller copy of this photograph.) |
| 665:208 | Vegetable stand at the bazaar in Vienna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a kerchiefed lady and some other customers checking out the vegetables at the |
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bazaar in the city of Vienna, Austria. |
| 665:209 | Bazaar in Vienna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows part of the floral display at the bazaar in the city of Vienna, Austria. There is a |
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two-tiered statue in front of the building in the background. |
| 665:210 | "Sauerkraut factory" Vienna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a lady with a white, cloth covering on her head busily preparing the sauerkraut for |
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a lady customer. Her stand includes a stool with a heaping tray of sauerkraut and several large barrels, |
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sheltered in the back with a huge umbrella. This outdoor "sauerkraut factory", as labelled by Arthur Slagel, |
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is probably at the bazaar in the city of Vienna, Austria. |
| 665:211 | Cathedral in Vienna. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6 x 8.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a small cathedral with a domed roof in the city of Vienna, Austria. |
| 665:212 | Grinzing, Vienna, Austria. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6 x 8.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a statue in Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna, Austria, The statue is covered by an |
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attractive, roofed booth. This structure has been identified by Arthur Slagel as "A capella". |
| 665:213 | Looking down Thames Valley, England. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a treed valley with the Thames River flowing in the background. |
| 665:214 | Entrance to Eton College, England. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6 x 8.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a slightly arched gateway underneath a connecting walkway between the buildings |
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at Eton College, England. |
| 665:215 | Kew Gardens - London. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the trees, shrubs and lawn of the Kew Gardens in London, England. There is also |
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a park bench and a man standing beside it. |
| 665:216 | Kew Gardens, London. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the trees, shrubs and lawn of the Kew Gardens in London, England. There is a 10- |
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tiered tower in the background at the left. |
| 665:217 | Switzerland landscape. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows mountains in Switzerland with buildings in the valley. No further identification. |
| 665:218 | Transporting milk cans in Berne, Switzerland.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a man hauling a cart with cans, possibly containing milk, down a road in Berne, |
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Switzerland. A dog is running alongside and a man cycling on the other side. |
| 665:219 | A cathedral in Switzerland. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a large cathedral in Switzerland, with a high tower. The main floor consists of |
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round arches. There is a low fence in front of the grounds. |
| 665:220 | Museum - Zurich. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the museum in Zurich, Switzerland. The centre entrance has two towers. |
| 665:221 | Cathedral at Middelburg, Holland. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.8 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the cathedral in Middelburg, Netherlands. |
| 665:223 | A street in Holland. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a man walking down a narrow, brick walkway. On the right a lady is scrubbing her |
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laundry in a tub. Some laundry has been hung on stands alongside the building. This photograph was |
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taken in Holland. |
| 665:224 | Hanging laundry in Holland. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photographs shows some ladies hanging their laundry outside on stands in Holland. |
| 665:225 | Interior of a cathedral. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the beautiful interior of a cathedral. Unfortunately, there is no identification given. |
| 665:226 | A street in Europe. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6 x 8.5; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a wide city street, lined with buildings. There is a high-towered building at the end |
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and another tall building further back. There are some pedestrians, a car and horse drawn vehicle. This |
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could be in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 665:227 | Place of signing armistice - 1918. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a small number of people viewing a monument at the side of a tree lined street. It |
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is identified by Arthur Slagel as the place where the World War I armistice was signed in 1918. |
| 665:228 | A road in France. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a road with possible residences on the left side. Some men are standing on the |
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right side of the road. The background landscape is flat with some bushes. |
| 665:229 | A road in France. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 7.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph taken in France shows a dirt road passing by a cluster of buildings on the left, possibly |
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residences,. A railway bridge crosses the road. There is a flat landscape in the background with some |
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bushes. |
| 665:230 | An abandoned armored vehicle from World War I in France. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x |
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6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an abandoned German armored vehicle of World War I in France. |
| 665:231 | Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the interior of the grand Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. |
| 665:232 | A bird's eye view of Paris, France. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the city of Paris, France, with the Seine River as a focal point. The photograph |
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was taken in a southern direction from the Eiffel Tower. |
| 665:233 | A bird's eye view of Paris, France. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the city of Paris, France, featuring the path of the Seine River. It is taken in a |
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northerly direction from the Eiffel Tower. |
| 665:234 | Viewing a dugout in post-World War I, France. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of well-dressed men and women viewing a dugout in France. Some are on |
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top, looking down on the persons below. |
| 665:235 | A dugout in post-World War I, France. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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A gully, or hollow is shown in rural France. It could be a dugout from the battles of World War I. |
| 665:236 | The cathedral in Reims, France. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6.5 x 10.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the exterior of the magnificient cathedral in Reims (Rheims), France. |
| 665:237 | A monument by the side of the road in France. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a group of men in rural France viewing a monument at the side of the road from |
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their car. |
| 665:238 | An abandoned underground entrance in France.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10 x 7.5 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an abandoned underground entrance in rural France. A fallen-over, wooden |
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platform lies in the foreground. Needs proper identification. |
| 665:239 | Hauling feed in France. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph is difficult to describe. It shows a high pile of feed, with some kind of cover on top, |
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being hauled down a tree lined rural road in France. There is a man seated in the bottom of the wagon |
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holding the reins. |
| 665:240 | Hauling feed in France. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows another view of Photograph No. 665-239. In this view a car is passing the wagon |
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with the high pile of feed. Unable to identify any animals pulling the wagon. |
| 665:241 | A restored village in France. - 1924. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a rural road leading into a village. A cyclist is headed toward the camera from a |
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distance. A sign on the right reads "K?rvoline". Arthur Slagel describes this as a restored village near |
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Argonne, France, in 1924. |
| 665:242 | A milkman in Belgium. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the milkman on the street in a city in Belgium pushing a two-wheeled cart with |
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some large cans and also smaller containers. |
| 665:243 | Disembarking in Naples. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows several well dressed men checking their baggage at the seaport in Naples. The |
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man holding his overcoat is probably Arthur Slagel. |
| 665:244 | The ruins of Pompeii. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows two men viewing the ruins of the Roman city of Pompeii in Italy. Arthur Slagel |
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points out the "ruts worn by cartwheells". There are two copies of this photograph. |
| 665:245 | The famous St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6.5 cm; |
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[b&w]. |
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This, slightly faded photograph, shows the well-known tourist attraction in Venice, Italy - St. Mark's Square |
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- with tourists walking about. |
| 665:246 | In Naples, Italy. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6.5 x10.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows three well-dressed men, wearing hats, checking out some information in their |
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notebook possibly. The man in the foreground is probably Arthur Slagel. |
| 665:247 | Palace entrance - England. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 5.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a brick construction with a pathway through it, with a very faint image of a palace |
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in the background. |
| 665:248 | Queen's cottage in Kew Gardens, London. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 5.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a thatched-roof cottage overgrown with vines in Kew Gardens of London, England. |
| 665:249 | The harbor in Palermo, Sicily. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6 x 10.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a number of rowboats at the harbor in Palermo, Sicily. The buildings are shown in |
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the background. There is a reference to C. Kratz on the back of the photograph, so possibly he was one |
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of the men who were in Palermo, Sicily at that time. |
| 665:250 | Palermo, Sicily. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6 x 10.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a team of 3 horses pulling a large wagon with large baskets, probably the cargo |
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from the ship at the harbor in Palermo. |
| 665:251 | Boatmen at the harbor. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows several rowboats at the harbor. Two of the boats have two well-dressed men as |
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passengers. One of them is probably Arthur Slagel. He has identified the location as "Palermo?". |
| 665:252 | A street in Palermo, Sicily. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a man and lady on the sidewalk, posing beside a cart being pulled by an |
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unidentified beast of burden, perhaps a calf. There are four young boys standing on the platform of the |
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cart and another boy proudly sitting on the front edge. The man, wearing a hat, looks like Arthur Slagel. |
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The lady is smartly dressed, wearing a hat. |
| 665:253 | Lake Zürich, Switzerland. - [between 1920-1924]. - 10.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the corner of Lake Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland. There are people walking along |
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the shoreline with trees lining their path. A taller building is seen above the trees. |
| 665:254 | Warsaw, Poland. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a magnificent building, possibly a cathedral, with cupola-shaped domes, in |
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Warsaw, Poland. |
| 665:255 | Warsaw, Poland. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8.5 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph is taken in Warsaw, Poland, possibly in a park. There is a large fountain structure in the |
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background. Behind the pillars of a building one can also see a cathedral with rounded domes. |
| 665:256 | Belgrade, Serbia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 13 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This scene is taken at the bend of the Sava River in Belgrade, Serbia. |
| 665:257 | Shopping in Belgrade, Serbia.. - [between 1920-1924]. - 8 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the backs of a number of women, kerchiefs covering their heads, checking out the |
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wares at an outdoor booth in Belgrade, Serbia. There is also a man with them. On the right side a woman |
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is seated with her baskets containing vegetables for sale. |
| 665:258 | Zagreb, Croatia. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows an outdoor market scene in Zagreb. The woman in the foreground is carrying a |
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flat, round basket on her head. |
| 665:259 | A village scene - Boyan Rome. - [1921?]. - 13 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows several women dancing in a circle on the sidewalk as children and passersby look |
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on. The straw-roofed building in the background has a rock-piled fence in front of it. There is laundry |
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hung on a line on the yard with trees in the background. This is probably the mountain village of Boyan. |
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Of interest is a horse-drawn carriage with two ladies standing and watching the dancers. They are |
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identified as U & U but could be the American Mennonite Relief workers, Vinora Weaver and Vesta Zook, |
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en route to Sophia, Bulgaria and possibly Naples. |
| 665:260 | Mount Ararat. - [1921?]. - 10 x 6 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the snow-covered peaks of Mount Ararat. (2 copies of this photograph) |
| 665:261 | St. Sophia under snow. - [1921?]. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This is a lovely Winter scene in Istanbul, Turkey, showing St. Sophia and corner of At-Meidan under snow. |
| 665:262 | Sultan Ahmet under snow. - [1921?]. - 11 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This is a photograph of Sultan Ahmet under snow in Istanbul, Turkey. |
| 665:263 | Byzantine village, near Taksim Square, Istanbul. - [1921?]. - 12 x 7 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows part of a village, identified by Arthur Slagel as " Benzinetin" village near Taxim |
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Square. It is believed this is a Byzantine village, near Taksim Square in Istanbul. There are lower |
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buildings seen in the front with higher buildings in the background. |
| 665:264 | Constanza, Romania. - [between 1920-1924]. - 13.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows the waves beating against the rocks on the shores of Constanza. |
| 665:265 | Constanza harbour. - [between 1920-1924]. - 13.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a number of ships docked at the harbour of Constanza, Romania. |
| 665:266 | Mohammedan father and son in Constanza. - [between 1920-1924]. - 13.5 x 8 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph shows a farm yard in Constanza, Romania with several interesting buildings. In the back |
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there is a washline with clothes drying and several cows in the foreground. A man holding an infant child |
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is standing beside the house. |
| 665:267 | Door of Governor's house in Damascus. - [between 1920-1924]. - 6.5 x 10.5 cm; [b&w]. |
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This photograph focuses on one of several buildings in a row. It consists of three storeys or more and is |
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separated by a high wall - possibly concrete - on the right. The main level has striped walls and a slightly |
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arched entrance. The doo rway is open. There is a man with a mule[?] on the left. |
| 665:268-276 | More photos from Damascus, Palestine... |