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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

The horse and buggy provide the main form of transportation for Ontario's Old Order Mennonites

Date12/20/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: The horse and buggy provide the main form of transportation for Ontario's Old Order Mennonites.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0026867F
      This land is ours, a pageant depicting the long pilgrimage of the Mennonites from Europe to western Ontario, contains a cast of present-day Mennonites(...)
      This land is ours, a pageant depicting the long pilgrimage of the Mennonites from Europe to western Ontario, contains a cast of present-day Mennonites(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      9/25/1972
      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
      Bull, Ron
      12/11/1979
      Mennonites tear down Barn, piece by piece, A 50-strong Mennonite group from the Elmira area on Monday tore down a huge barn in Vaughan, on the east si(...)
      Mennonites tear down Barn, piece by piece, A 50-strong Mennonite group from the Elmira area on Monday tore down a huge barn in Vaughan, on the east si(...)
      Dexter, Brian
      5/4/1990
      Pony cart rides were one of the events of the fair staged by Mennonites Saturday in New Hamburg to raise more than $90,000 for the Mennonite Central C(...)
      Pony cart rides were one of the events of the fair staged by Mennonites Saturday in New Hamburg to raise more than $90,000 for the Mennonite Central C(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      5/27/1973
      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(...)
      Stawicki, Andrew
      12/20/1986
      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(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      11/20/1973
      Mennonites - 1970 - 1979
      Mennonites - 1970 - 1979
      Lennon, Frank
      5/9/1978
      Mennonites - 1924 - 1969
      Mennonites - 1924 - 1969
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/23/1924
      Disillusioned Mennonites tell of civil war violence, moral corruption, lack of farming land and other difficulties that beset the new colony in Paragu(...)
      Disillusioned Mennonites tell of civil war violence, moral corruption, lack of farming land and other difficulties that beset the new colony in Paragu(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/19/1948
      Mennonites - 1970 - 1979
      Mennonites - 1970 - 1979
      Lennon, Frank
      5/19/1978
      Mennonites - 1970 - 1979
      Mennonites - 1970 - 1979
      Lennon, Frank
      5/19/1978
      Mennonites - 1970 - 1979
      Mennonites - 1970 - 1979
      Bull, Ron
      12/11/1979