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Old order ways

Old order ways

Date12/11/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Old order ways: Living without motor vehicles is a way of practising their faith for conservative Mennonites. Yet some have packed up their horses, buggies and families since 1967 to leave Elmira/Waterloo area for Mount Forest, site of first successful old order settlement since 1870.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026854F
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
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
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
Still at it
Still at it
11/9/1989
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
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
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
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
5/15/1974
Mr. and Mrs. Amon Martin, members of the Plain People sect of the Old Order Mennonite Community in and around Kitchener, are the type of people to be (...)
Mr. and Mrs. Amon Martin, members of the Plain People sect of the Old Order Mennonite Community in and around Kitchener, are the type of people to be (...)
5/21/1971
On the way to church
On the way to church
5/24/1980
Schnitzing Apples, peeling them with an old-fashioned, handled machine, is Clifford Cressman's volunteer work for the sale. He and his wife, Elizabeth(...)
Schnitzing Apples, peeling them with an old-fashioned, handled machine, is Clifford Cressman's volunteer work for the sale. He and his wife, Elizabeth(...)
5/21/1975
The old-world dress of Mennonite families enhances the rural atmosphere of a new farmers' market which opened last month at Elmira, 12 miles north of Kitchener
The old-world dress of Mennonite families enhances the rural atmosphere of a new farmers' market which opened last month at Elmira, 12 miles north of Kitchener
7/31/1972