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Mennonite Heritage Portrait
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The concept of "the meeting place" has long been at the heart of communication, education and cooperation among the groups known ...
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Featured Narrative
At the Farmers' InnAt the Farmers' InnThis is an example of stagecraft. The setting quite closely resembles St. Jacobs, Ontario in the 1920s. Using photographs from that era I was able to compose a backdrop for the various activities. I have gathered a large archive of historic photographs over the years and from these I am able to extract characters. Using a bit of creativity I insert these "actors" into the background that I have dreamed up. I suppose a painting like this could be compared to a shot from a movie...
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Recent Additions
Mill Street Neighbourhood Steinbach: Childhood on an old Steinbach street is remembered by a diverse c...
Thursday 22 September, 2011; 6:29 pm
Abraham H. Wiebe (1892 - 1979): The "Light from Bergfeld"
Monday 12 September, 2011; 4:07 pm
Jacob "Berliner" Kehler (1863 - 1923) and Elizabeth (Schultz) Kehler (1866 -1943): A colorful, dynamic...
Thursday 08 September, 2011; 12:51 pm
John C. Reimer, aged 17, 1911: An early picture of "the father" of the Mennonite Heritage Village in S...
Wednesday 10 August, 2011; 4:33 pm
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