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This restored surrey with a fringe on top will be auctioned at Mennonite sale
This restored surrey with a fringe on top will be auctioned at Mennonite sale

This restored surrey with a fringe on top will be auctioned at Mennonite sale

Date5/15/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: This restored surrey with a fringe on top will be auctioned at Mennonite sale.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0026859F
Horses Are Tethered, to the cemetery fence near the Mennonite hall in Elmira, in the area where many Old Order Amish have farms. The Amish don't use c(...)
Horses Are Tethered, to the cemetery fence near the Mennonite hall in Elmira, in the area where many Old Order Amish have farms. The Amish don't use c(...)
11/20/1973
Horsing around? Don't bet on it, young Mennonite men, great judges of horseflesh who use horses to farm their land, are absorbed in the sight of huge (...)
Horsing around? Don't bet on it, young Mennonite men, great judges of horseflesh who use horses to farm their land, are absorbed in the sight of huge (...)
1/30/1975
Priciest horseflesh in town, Central Canada's farmers gather annually in Metro at the Farm Show in Exhibition Place to do more than chew hayseeds and be neighborly
Priciest horseflesh in town, Central Canada's farmers gather annually in Metro at the Farm Show in Exhibition Place to do more than chew hayseeds and be neighborly
1/30/1980
There's a new look at Mennonite fair, Visitors to the annual Mennonite Relief Sale in New Hamburg, Ont
There's a new look at Mennonite fair, Visitors to the annual Mennonite Relief Sale in New Hamburg, Ont
5/20/1969
Mennonites mark a simple Christmas, Mennonite children sit bundled in the back of a carriage as they prepare for a winter journey to attend a Sunday s(...)
Mennonites mark a simple Christmas, Mennonite children sit bundled in the back of a carriage as they prepare for a winter journey to attend a Sunday s(...)
12/20/1986
The horse and buggy provide the main form of transportation for Ontario's Old Order Mennonites
The horse and buggy provide the main form of transportation for Ontario's Old Order Mennonites
12/20/1986
Horsepower means horsepower to the Old Order Amish, the 'plain people' who travel in black buggies, farm with horse-drawn plows, use wood-burning stoves for heat and kerosene lamps for light
Horsepower means horsepower to the Old Order Amish, the 'plain people' who travel in black buggies, farm with horse-drawn plows, use wood-burning stoves for heat and kerosene lamps for light
12/11/1979
Old order ways
Old order ways
12/11/1979
Still at it
Still at it
11/9/1989
Amish Buggy on a road in Aylmer passes a stack of the milk cans that the Ontario Milk Marketing Board wants to abolish
Amish Buggy on a road in Aylmer passes a stack of the milk cans that the Ontario Milk Marketing Board wants to abolish
10/21/1977
Hand-Made Quilts, for sale are one of the highlights of the Mennonite Relief Sale to be held this Saturday at New Hamburg. Here Mrs. Abraham Dick and (...)
Hand-Made Quilts, for sale are one of the highlights of the Mennonite Relief Sale to be held this Saturday at New Hamburg. Here Mrs. Abraham Dick and (...)
5/19/1971
Mennonite people give up untold hours during the year to make items for the sale
Mennonite people give up untold hours during the year to make items for the sale
5/21/1975