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).
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.
Photographic postcard of two children, Loretta and Leo Mamer, seated on sofa with embroidered pillows and crocheted covering. Peter (born in 1906), Loretta (born in 1908).
View of three women and two girls in a wood, standing near a dead tree in a pond. Woman on left is Sophia Deutsch Mamer holding Henrietta Deutsch. Henrietta's mother, Anna Kaepper Deutsch, is standing on right. The girl in the middle is Rose Deutsch (Sherkenbach).
Lower inch margin of cardboard under photo has silver script engraving reading: "The Barta Studio, NewPrague, Minn." Photo of two children, one child wearing a long white dress with scalloped hem, ruffled neckline and large bow at waist sitting on wire metal chair, standing next to the chair is child in mid calf white dress with long sleeves, dark belt (hanging low), large collar with dark bowtie, dark stockings and shoes, one hand on chair, other at side, plain painted backdrop, floral pattern rug.