They were Amish. Amish of all kinds wear solid colors only. This goes for the Old Order AMish (who drive buggies) to the Beachy Amish (who drive cars). You can tell the difference by the head covering. The Beachys wear a covering more like the Mennonites-- a cap-like net thing. The Amish wear more like a bonnet thich ties under the chin sometimes but is bigger and looks more like a bonnet. The Old Order also wear a kind of black apron (or white) over the solid dress. Beachys and most Mennos who are plain wear what is known as a "cape dress"-- a one piece dress with a double front layer. They all wear the SAME dress pattern. Mennonites may wear patterened clothing-- but the kinds of patterns and the degree of "fanciness" depends on the conference. All of this is regulated by their little book of dogma, mind you-- what net weight of stocking you can wear, how long the dress must be, what kinds of patterns are acceptable, how the covering is to be constructed. It is down to a T and every church member knows exaclty how they must dress for that conference. For example, the Eastern conference looks down their noses at the Pilgrim conference. The Pilgrims would think the Hornings are legalistic. They would all think the Lancaster conference are apostate!!! The Lancaster conferece is all over the place, some plain, some not. Some Mennos may choose to wear solid clothing but the Amish a quite distinctive.
This would be am Amish family (from the back. They are wearing Sunday or outdoor bonnets (black) which would be over the white head covering. This is traditional Old Order look.
This is a painting of a typical Old Order Amish girl with her white bonnet covering.
This appears to be Beacy Amish women praying. Different covering, solid clothes. They could be Horning Mennonite or older Mennonite women of almost any conference.
The file saus "Amish girls" but these are Mennonite women. The ones with the black overings are probably from a Lancaster conference but it coudl be others. The woman in the white covering with strings could be Eastern conference. The Amish would NOT wear colors like that!!! (They wear dark solids or bright solids). And the dresses have small patterns.
Hope this helps a bit.
This is a typical Mennonite look in my area. Cape dresses and sneakers. Notice the patterns. NOT Amish. The Old Order do NOT wear cape dresses. Beachys also would not wear these capes because of the patterns. These gal could be Eastern Mennonite or perhaps Horning. They could be something else but they are Mennonites and not Amish.