The inscription on the reverse reads "A. Vogt w[ith] friend Hamm"
A group of Mennonite men at a forestry camp in Russia.
This photo shows presumably G.G. Dueck in uniform standing in front of a blossoming apple tree (later of Springstein, Manitoba),
This photo shows a group of men with their beds, outside a forestry camp building.
Unidentified building at a forestry camp
The men are resting each with their hoe in hand. Three men have created a human pyramid by having one man stand on the shoulders of the other two.
The inscription on the reverse reads "Zur Erinnerung an deine Kollegen & Mitarbeitern" (in memory of your colleague and co-worker).
This photo shows a group of about 30 posing on the side of a building and around a tree. One man is reclined on a branch of the tree, several men have white aprons as if they are the cooks, some have dark aprons as if they are black smiths, and some are dressed in uniform with shiny boots.
This photo shows two men posing at a table outside with shrubs in the background. One is reading a Russian newspaper and the one man has a pen in hand and is writing.
The inscription on the reverse reads "Mit Aekonom Abram Klassen."
This photograph shows a forestry camp in Russia. Several building can be seen. There are two men with bicycles in the background and other men standing around. Part of the trees seem to have a tinge of green. The inscription on the reverse says "Kaserne Gross-Anadol."
Forestry camp buildings at Azov
Composite photo of Mennonite men serving in forestry at Anadol
This items shows 180 oval portraits of Mennonite men plus 6 officers, who served at Anodol Forestry camp in 1912. One of the 6, the one with the long beard, is D.J. Classen, the president of the Forestry administration. (See <i>Als ihre Zeit erfüllt war,</i> p.168).
Nechtman, K.
This photo shows 4 men posing outside with forest in the background. Three men are sitting on a bench, one of them is a visitor, being dressed in a 3-piece suit. Andreas Vogt (1890) is on the far left).
This photo shows three men outside with forest in the background, reclining on the grass, posing for the picture: F. Hamm (Neu York), L. Sudermann (Berdyansk), N. Rempel, Sophiewka.