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This portrait is an outdoor scene showing 12 men on the ground underneath a high wooden stand. Four men are perched high on the top beam, 3 along the side and two are dangling in the middle on ropes. Peter J. Warkentin is on the right. This photograph can also be found on page 65 of the book Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick. It was probably taken on the Anadol Forestry Camp.

This photograph shows a group of 14 musicians with their brass instruments and music stands, seated outside - none are identified. Greeting written in German on the reverse - Dear Friend! Greetings from afar. Wish you success with the thresshing; how is it going, almost finished? Why are none of you writing; Abram doesn't write at all. Would you at least please write. Greetings again in closing. Fr. Enns? The name and address to whom the card is sent is written in Russian. There is a postage stamp on the reverse and the card has been stamped with the date 22-7-09. This photograph can also be found on page 109 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia.

This photograph shows two men with rifles posed in front of a hedge, beside a man with an accordian, which is described as a "two rower" and a popular instrument in the Alternative Service camp on page 110 of Mennonite Alternate Service in Russia. All are dressed in the Alternative Service uniform, including caps.

This photograph shows a large group of men in single file probably planting trees in the forestry service in Russia. This photograph is also in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 56.

This is a portrait of an unidentified man in the Alternative Service uniform in Russia. He is leaning on a fence with lush foliage in the background. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 133.

This photograph shows a larger group of men relaxing on the ground, in a clearing of trees, eating their lunch. One man is wearing a white apron and at least one man is reading as he eats. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 135.

This photograph shows the yard of a forestry camp in Russia with bare trees showing one of the buildings in the background and the low fence and entrance gate in the foreground. A few men of the Alternative Forestry service can be seen on the yard, one with a bicycle. There are at least 3 young girls perched on the fence at the right. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 135.

This photograph shows a group of 5 men, two women and 4 children, seated on the ground in the woods, enjoying a picnic. It was probably taken at the forestry camp where the men were in Alternative Service. The men are all dressed in their uniforms. This photograph can also be found in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick on page 62 with the caption; "A picnic with visitors". No one is identified.

This photograph shows about 20 men posed alongside and on top of a fence as well as on the grounds and the covered walkway alongside the building in the background. Two men are perched on a two-wheeled cart with a large barrel. This photo also appears on page 51 of the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia where the location is identified as the South Coast camp near Yalta, Crimea, August 14, 1911.

This photograph shows a group of 4 men with string instruments and one with a drum (barefoot), posed at the wooden entrance steps. This photograph can also be found on page 110 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia.

This somewhat faded photograph shows 10 Mennonite Alternative Service men at work digging. All are wearing the dark uniform including hats, except one is in a lighter top.

This photograph shows a group of 14 men in their Alternative Service uniforms relaxing on the ground. This photograph is also in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on pages 41 & 62.

This photograph shows a group of 11 unidentified Alternative Forestry Service men in their uniforms posing outside alongside a building. Seven are seated and 4 are standing. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 134.

This photograph shows a group of Alternative Service men probably in the forestry service, working on a field setting up a number of tepee shaped poles alongside a long line of a low mound of earth and some piles of gravel possibly.

This photograph shows 3 men in Alternative Service uniforms holding a stick with fresh game on the end over a smoky bonfire. Further to the right a man with an apron, holding a little girl in his arm, is watching the procedure. Another man in uniform is watching from the doorway of a shed behind him. This photograph can also be found in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 137.