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This is a photo of a two-story mansion which was the Koop house in Schoenwiese and is used as the office for the American Mennonite Relief workers.

This is a photo of a man, wearing a bowtie, in a greenhouse, checking seedlings.

This is a photo of two vehicles in front of a barn in Schoenwiese, Chortitza Colony, Russia. Three men are posing with the vehicles, (left to right): Julius Siemens, unknown, Bernhard Klassen. These vehicles have been identified as Fords built between 1925-1927.

This is a photo of the exterior of the American Mennonite Relief warehouse in Schoenwiese, formerly the Jakob H. Niebuhr flour mill turning out flour to ship down the Dnieper River to Turkey. First two floors of warehouse were used for American Mennonite Relief work. (2 copies). There is a different photograph of this warehouse in David Hofer's book, Die Hungersnot in Russland, p. 19.

This is a photo of the exterior of the former Jakob H. Niebuhr mill in Schoenwiese/Alexandrovsk, Russia, which was used as a warehouse by the American Mennonite Relief workers in 1923. The railroad track is shown in the forefront. The section where food was stored is inked in.

This is a photo of the interior of the American Mennonite Relief warehouse in Schoenwiese, Russia - "just a small corner showing a stack of flour" guarded by a bearded man. (2 copies)

This is a photo of Arthur W. Slagel, in white shirt and tie, seated at a table, reading a newspaper.

This is a photo of a man, probably H. C. Yoder, wearing glasses, dressed in white shirt and tie, seated at a smaller desk in a room with a map and posters on the walls.

This is a photo oftwo ladies and a man in the room of Mme De LaRoche's. The man is one of the American Mennonite Relief workers - also shown on Photo 665-4 and 665-7. The lady beside him is Lida Peshchansky, see Photo 665-11.

This is a photo of a group of three men and three women relaxing on the outdoor steps of a walkway in Halbstadt, Molotschna.. In the back (left to right): Arthur Slagel, Helena Lepp. The others are unidentified.

This is a photo of a group of eight men dressed for winter posed in front of a Ford car by the Dyck house in Schoenwiese. It includes (left to right): Mr. Perk (the repair man in light trousers); Mr. Siemens (the watchman) and his son (in the back), another Mr. Siemens and a Mr. Klassen (the chauffeur) (in front), then Peter Hermann Unruh, Arthur Slagel, and another Mr. Klassen (the tall man on the end). Slagel writes on the reverse side: "...G. G. Hiebert took this just after we returned from Halbstadt..."

This is a photo of four men with two motor vehicles (car and truck) in Schoenwiese, Chortitza Colony, Russia. (Left to right): 2nd man is Bernhard Klassen. These vehicles have been identified as Fords built between 1925-1927.

This is a photog of a group of men, women and children by a brick house in Schoenwiese. Two younger girls are displaying a "home-made" U.S. flag (?). Standing (left to right): (unknown) (unknown) (unknown woman) Heinrich Sawatzky, Arthur W. Slagel, (unknown AMR worker), Maria Heinrichs, Rudolf Kerber, (unknown) Schroeder, Jakob Dyck. In the seated row of adults, Bernhard Abrams is on the right end, with his son in front of him and Aron P. Toews is next to him (behind the girls with the flag).

This is a photo of a group of younger children standing separated from a group of adults and older children in the archway of a one-storey building in Halbstadt. There are some unidentified AMR workers and a car (or truck) on the picture.

This is a photo of a group of about 50 people in winter garb lined up alongside a building which housed the kitchen for the American Mennonite Relief. Some Relief workers are standing at the entrance doors.