Over the past few years Mennonite Heritage Archives (MHA) has contributed photos and stories for Die Mennonitische Post’s feature “Ein Bild aus Unserer Geschichte” which translates to “A Photo from Our History.” The feature highlights photographs from MHA’s archival collection which are accessible on the Mennonite Archival Information Database (MAID). In addition to MAID, this web page features the photos and stories MHA has contributed to “A Photo from Our History.”
In Die Mennonitische Post the captions are provided in German. Here we provide the stories in English.
January 3, 2020 Volume 43 Issue 15 | This photo is of a group of Sommerfeld Mennonites visiting in Rosenbach, near present day Winkler, Manitoba in 1919. Back row (left to right): Frank Enns (1844-1933), Isaac Wiens (1842-1920), Rev. William Friesen (1865-1936) and then 5 unknown young girls. Front row Read More
December 13, 2019 Volume 43 Issue 14 | A.A. DeFehr, president (right), and shop foreman Victor Kehler (left), pose outside DeFehr’s furniture manufacturing enterprise in this 1950s photo taken in Winnipeg. If your surname is De Veer, Fehr, DeFehr, or Defehr and you live in Mexico, U.S.A., Canada, Paraguay, Belize, or Bolivia, Read More
November 29, 2019 Volume 43 Issue 13 | The S.S. Peruvian was a steam and wind powered ship that carried Mennonites from Europe to Quebec City. The Peruvian was built by the Allan Ship Line based in Liverpool, England. It was 312 feet long and 38 feet wide and weighed Read More
November 15, 2019 Volume 43 Issue 12 | Mennonite migrations always have two kinds of stories – the ones who left, and the ones who were left behind. This circa 1926 photo shows three older women standing on a train platform in Altona, Manitoba, bidding farewell to family members who Read More
November 1, 2019 Volume 43 Issue 11 | In the 1870s, the S.S. Sarmatian carried thousands of Mennonites from Russia to Canada over stormy Atlantic seas. It was built in 1871 by the Robert Steele & Company for the Allan Shipping line of Liverpool, England. The mighty ship was 370 Read More