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Mennonite Memories of Pelee Island, Ontario, 1925-1950
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Henry Cornies' GMC
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20 of 38 		Ewald Wiebe's GMC
21 of 38 		John Wiebe, Maria Wiebe, Anna Wiebe with guests at the Wiebe home on Henderson Road
22 of 38 		Group of men on the Jacob Konrad farm; an Essex car can be seen on the right
23 of 38 		Jacob Gossen and cousin Nick Wiens smoking next to Nick's Dodge car
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Bicycles were the main mode of transportation during the Mennonites' first years on the Island
25 of 38 		Parsons Road double house on a Sunday afternoon
26 of 38 		Sunday afternoon visit at the Henry and Anna Cornies home on Centre Dyke Road
27 of 38 		Women on a November Sunday afternoon at the Jacob Konrad farm
28 of 38 		Four friends. Back: Hedy Wiebe, Ruby Epp. Front: Helen Heinrichs, Anne Wiebe
29 of 38 		Kay Ginter, Mary Klassen, Mrs. Ginter, Betty Wiebe, Anna Gossen and Anna Cornies
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Eating watermelon on the bridge near the West Side pump house
31 of 38 		Pelee Island young people at the home of Isaac and Maria Klassen
32 of 38 		Drinking Coke at the Gossen farm
33 of 38 		Gerhard Wiebe's first bike on his ninth birthday
34 of 38 		West Front Road as it appeared in the 1920s
35 of 38 		Socializing on the East Beach flat rock; this area had many snakes
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