Black and white image of a group of people gathered behind a bride and groom. The bride, wearing a dark, fitted dress that buttons down the front and a lace veil, sits on a chair set up on a temporary platform. Her groom stands behind her, and next to her is a woman wearing a large white lace collar and holding a book. An organ is just visible behind her. A man holding a fiddle and bow sits next to the groom, who wears a three-piece 'sack' style suit. The rest of the crows is seated in orderly rows with the children in front and then couples and then men standing in the very back.
Black and white image of a group of men and women seated on the ground in front of a large wooden church. The national flag of Switzerland, red with a white cross in the center, flies from the upper window of the church. In the background an antique car can just be seen, and the trees appear to be just budding out. Many of the farmers who settled in Washington County in the late 1800s were from Switzerland. Heritage clubs such as this and the various singing and yodeling groups in the area helped to keep the culture of their homeland alive.
Black and white print of a horse-drawn caravan in front of a local gas station. Four horses draw two wagons, one filled with hay and the other is a covered caravan wagon made of scrap boards and built onto an old car chassis. Behind that is hitched a single-axle trailer that appears to have been made from the back of a truck. This, too, is filled with hay, and two more horses are hitched to that. Note the milk-can on the side of first wagon and the smoke-stack attached to the rear of the covered vardo. A close examination of the structure of the first wagon indicates it could have been a more traditional vardo, with the curved top and covered front seat.
Photograph of a man leaning against the back wall of Centro Cultural's main hall. Based on the decorations, he might be attending a cultural celebration event.
Photograph of two men in Centro Cultural's main hall. On the wall above and behind them is a Ojo de Dios, or God's Eye, which is thought to have originated with the Huichol Indians of Western Mexico.
