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This photo shows the contingent of forestry service men at Asov in their working cloths. (compare with Quiring's Als ihre Zeit..., p. 167)

This photo shows a group of men that all lived in the same housing unit at Asov, likely on a Sunday afternoon, with various instruments as each possessed. There is a tambourine, an accordion, two guitars, a mandolin, a violin, a cello.

This photo is a composite with 50 individual oval portraits, in commemoration of the blessed time together in September 1911 at Gross Anadol. In the centre at the top is Abram Klassen, the head administrator at this camp; below him are an Ediger and a Riediger, and below them are two ranking officers, one an H.H. Thiessen (noted by the striped collars).

This photo shows 164 men in forestry service arranged in 10 rows, standing or sitting up straight and tall.

This photo is a formal group picture of 33 uniformed men arranged in 4 straight rows, set up in front of a building. The fifth person in the second row is a corporal (seen by the white stripes on his collar). Row 3: Franz Toews is the fourth person; Jacob Hoemsen is the 6th person (counting l-r). Jacob Hoemsen served at this camp as well as in the Russo-Japanese war and the First World War. He wrote and published his experience in Der Bote. He lived in Alexander, Manitoba.

This photo shows 16 men with their musical instruments and a conductor with his baton. The band consists of 2 clarinet players, 7 cornet players, 4 baritone horn players, 1 trombone player, 1 tuba player and a percussionist (bass drum, cymbal, triangle). Of the 7 cornet players several are B flat horns and others are likely E flat horns.

This photo shows seven men relaxing in the wild grass, probably on a Sunday afternoon. Two bicycles are in the background. Heinrich Dyck (1887-1963) who later lived in Vineland, Ontario, in the man in the centre with the hat.

This photo shows the buildings at Schwarzwald forestry camp on a public holiday. On the right is a swing structure.

This photo shows a group of forestry men having lunch in the forest. One man is using an axe to chop his noodles -- there must have been some tough chewing to do. A horse and cart can be seen in the background, possibly showing how the meal was delivered by those who prepared it.

This photo shows three men who were the bakers at Asov, sitting at a table with books open, and appearing to be studying. One book is possibly a Bible. One of the men is a Toews.

This photo shows a large contingent of men standing at attention, lined up against the buildings.

This photo shows a swing and climbing structure where forestry service men could exercise and train.

Franz Toews served at the Neu Berdyansk forestry camp from 1901-1904. He also served in the medical service (Sanitaetsdienst) from 1914-1918. Later he lived in the Terek Mennonite settlement. In 1972 he was in an old's folks home in Yarrow, B.C.

This photo shows (l-r): Johann Heidebrecht (Nikolaidorf), assistant forester Carl Prokopenko (?), Jacob Boschmann (Petershagen), Johann Janzen lying down, Franz Toews on his knees (Alexanderkrone), Gerhard Warkentin (Ebenfeld) and Starzky Dietrich Friesen. On a rabbit hunt they would also shoot ducks and other birds, besides rabbits.