Time Period: c.1870 Origin: Yugoslavia Donated By: Mrs. Afanasiev This tobacco box belonged to Jan Ellert, a Mennonite man working in a copper mine in Yugoslavia who, ill and without […]
Tobacco Box
Artefacts
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Toy Bear
Belonged to: Justina Hildebrand, daughter of Jacob and Katarina Hildebrand. Donated by: Helga Bergen, second cousin of Justina. Her family lived in Omsk, Russia where they operated a lumber yard. […]
Head Covering (Haube)
Donated by: Hildegard Adrian The word ‘haube’ is a German word, which literally means ‘cap’. From the time of Mennonite origins, around 1525 AD, until 1866, Mennonite women wore head […]
Heart-Shaped Waffle Iron
Donated by: Mary Wolfe The Heart-Shaped Waffle Iron was patented in America by at least 1922 but has been around since before 1900. It was a common feature of the […]
Cradle
Origin: This cradle was collected by the donor’s father, Bernhardt (Ben) Heinrich Wiebe Reimer (1904 – 1986). Donated by: Iris Reimer Nowakowski, daughter of Bernhardt Heinrich Wiebe Reimer “In 1964, […]
Violin and Bow
Origin: This violin was owned by Jacob W. Wiebe of the West Reserve. On Loan from: Terry C. Wiebe While secular music and dancing were once officially frowned upon by […]
Bashlyk
Time Period: 1912 Origin: Russia Donated by: Anna Janzen The donor’s father had this hood (Bashlyk) made by a tailor in Russia in 1912. A Bashlyk is a protective cone-shaped hood […]