Barn-Raising Slides: John and Pat Weber, 1978

Date of creation: 1978

4 sleeves containing 67 35mm colour slides. These slides were created at a barn raising for John and Pat Weber just east of St. Jacobs after a barn fire in early 1978. The slides trace the sequence of the barn raising from 8:00 am to completion at 4:30 pm. The photographer is not identified, but is likely David Hunsberger.

The provenance of the slides is not known.

Created Nov. 1997 by Sam Steiner

1.     Horse and buggy arriving
2.     Bringing food
3.     Unloading food
4.     Cars and buggies parked
5.     Buggies parked
6.     Horses in barn
7.     Examining site
8.     Pulling "first bend" into place
9.     Pulling "first bend" into place
10.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
11.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
12.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
13.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
14.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
15.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
16.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
17.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
18.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
19.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
20.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
21.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
22.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
23.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
24.     Coordinated efforts raising beams
25.     Coffee break
26.     Back to the job
27.     Back to the job
28.     Back to the job
29.     John & Pat Weber
30.     Foreman (in hard hat)
31.     Foreman (in hard hat)
32.     Moving lumber
33.     Spectators
34.     Spectators
35.     Preparing siding
36.     Preparing siding
37.     Pastor Glenn Brubacher and Pat Weber
38.     Women preparing dinner
39.     Women preparing dinner
40.     Women preparing dinner
41.     Mealtime
42.     Mealtime
43.     Mealtime
44.     Mealtime
45.     Mealtime
46.     Mealtime
47.     Kitchen help eats
48.     Spectators (Doris Kramer in foreground)
49.     Putting on siding
50.     Putting on siding
51.     Putting on siding
52.     Putting on siding
53.     Putting on siding
54.     Putting on siding
55.     Putting up rafters
56.     Putting up rafters
57.     Putting up rafters
58.     Putting up rafters
59.     Handing up sheeting
60.     Handing up sheeting
61.     Completing sheeting and siding
62.     Completing sheeting and siding
63.     Completing sheeting and siding
64.     Completing sheeting and siding
65.     Putting on roof
66.     Putting on roof
67.     Completed at 4:30 pm     

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Last modified 22-Feb-2007 by Sam Steiner