(Courtesy of Stacy Hahn)

(Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 51838, photofile 1691)

Portland, Albina District, 1909 (Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi45268)

(Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 54268, photo file 1691)

Zion German Congregational Church on NE 9th and Fremont (background), built by Volga Germans in 1913. The VRS collected funds and clothing to aid family and friends who were suffering from a severe famine in the lower Volga region. (Courtesy of Marie Trupp Krieger)