Sunday School Picnic at Wrabek's Creek on the corner of Highway #19 and Le Sueur County #164 east of NewPrague; Bessie ?, Rose Novotny, Bartosh ?, Mrs. John Barta, Miss Novak - Sunday School teacher, Mary Kopet, Polly Funda (Above), Margie Lockwood, Fred Sckodapole, Otillia Vanasek, Ludy Holicky, Julia Holicky, Lena Holicky - twins, Mrs. Melounek,, Charles Wrabek, Mary Mikiska, Millie Vanasek, Cora Bartosh, Rose Bartosh, Mrs. Funda, George Franek - holding flag, Mrs. Jacob Komarek, Mrs. Joe Bastyr, Mrs. Albert Rynda, Mrs. Dietrich, Mrs. Proshek, Mrs. Kritta, Mrs. Wrabek, Mrs. Lockwood holding Howard.
Portrait of Anna Schaefer inwhite ankle-length skirt with fitted waistline lace ruffle and ribbon hem, gathered bodice, ruffle neck line and cuffs (long sleeves), floor length white veil with elaborate flowered head piece. Girl is wearing gloves without fingers, one hand holding a book on top of a short cloth covered wood table (rosary around wrist) candle with flower on table.
Schools in south-central Minnesota (1876-1909). In 1900, two sisters and a candidate opened a school in the German parish (Assumption) in Richfield (originally Bloomfield). In spite of the fact that two other parishes had been established in Richfield, the Assumption School could boast of an enrollment of 202 students and 6 sisters teaching in subsequent years. By 1909, the Benedictine sisters from St. Joseph, MN, had staffed 20 schools in the Twin Cities and south-central Minnesota -- mainly in the German communities but also in the Montgomery-NewPrague area, a stronghold of Czechoslovakian culture and heritage. For most of these 20 schools, St. Benedict's Monastery archives has no early photographs (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).