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The Dirty Thirties

1930 - 1939

This was a time of poverty, of making do with what you had. Farms were less than productive and motorized vehicles were reconstructed to be pulled by horses - Bennett buggies.

Photos & Art Work

Manitou Normal School - Class Photo - 1930 - 31 (1931)

The Manitou Normal School provided teacher training from 1892 to 1933, teaching prospective teachers the norms expected of their students. This photo shows the 1931 class of graduates.

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    Manitou Normal School 1930 - Photo Album (1929)

    A student's collection of photos to commemorate her year in Norman School in Manitou.

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      Postcard - Killarney Lake, Manitoba ca 1930 (1930)

      A view along the lake at Killarney, a popular vacation spot in south west Manitoba.

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        Quiring & Bartel - Mennonites in Canada - A Pictorial Record Pt 1

        A social history of the Mennonite community in Canada told through photographs.

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          Quiring & Bartel - Mennonites in Canada - A Pictorial Record Pt 2

          A social history of the Mennonite community in Canada told through photographs.

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            Quiring & Bartel - Mennonites in Canada - A Pictorial Record Pt 3

            A social history of the Mennonite community in Canada told through photographs.

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              Quiring & Bartel - Mennonites in Canada - A Pictorial Record Pt 4

              A social history of the Mennonite community in Canada told through photographs.

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                Quiring & Bartel - Mennonites in Canada - A Pictorial Record Pt 5

                A social history of the Mennonite community in Canada told through photographs.

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                  The Mennonites - A Pictorial History of their Lives in Canada

                  Andreas Schroeder tells the story of Mennonite settlement in Canada through photographs.

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