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This is a photo of (left to right): Abe Suderman and Jake Suderman standing on the end of a long pole that they are using as leverage to remove a tree root. There are two log buildings in the background. There is an axe in a tree stump on the right.

This is a photo of the chartered passenger rail car and homesteaders presumably having arrived at Vanderhoof for their new frontier experience. The group consists of men, women, children and dogs. The cluster of women on the left includes Dora Suderman (10 years of age) in the light dress, her older sister Margaret Suderman (16 years old) In dark coat and hat and next to her Annie Suderman (age 12) in a light dress.

This is a photo of Jake Suderman, wearing his signature battered fedora, sitting on the ground with his back against a large tree root. He is holding a pick axe.

This is a photo of Jake Suderman standing on a tree stump up-rooted with the steam-powered tractor on the right.

This is a photo of Johann P. Suderman's steam-powered heavy tractor [steam engine] mired in the swampy low area adjoining the Nechako River. Jake Suderman is using a log to raise the front wheel out of the muck.

This is a photo of (left to right): Jake Suderman and John Suderman standing on a rock beside the turbulent Nechako River.

This is a photo of (left to right); John Suderman and Jake Suderman posing with a hay mower on a wagon. Both men are wearing overalls and ties. John is wearing a cap and Jake is wearing his signature work hat.

This is a photo of seven men and a woman during meal time outdoors among the trees. Jake Suderman appears to be transferring contents from a legged campfire pan to a plate, while his father, Johann Suderman watches. A team of horses is feeding from the back of a wagon box.

This is a photo of a tent and annex fitted with a stovepipe . It may have served as a summer kitchen. There is a buggy on the left and wagon on the right. Jake Suderman is standing in front of the tent and presumably one of his younger sisters, either Annie Suderman (12) or Dora Suderman (10). A dog (out of focus) is walking left to right. There are three unidentified men in the photo, two standing by the tent and one sitting on the back of a wagon on the right. In the book "Personal Diary of Peter Neufeld 1917 - 1918" this photo is described as being J. H. Wiens and his wife, Hulda. They lived in a tent on his homestead. They left before building a house.