This collection is about conscientious objectors and alternative service, including the men working at Camp Giekie, posing for photos at the camp, out on the job (tree planting, snag falling) eating, their living quarters etc. Also included is a photo of personnel at Camp Q7 (Loveland Lake, Campbell River, BC). Also some photos of a reunion in 1986.
In this photograph a group of men are standing in front of a National Forestry Programme tent. As listed on the photograph (from left to right) the men are: F. Driedger, E. Janzen, J. Klassen, F. Rempel, J. Schroeder, Henry Sawatzky, F. Thiesen, D. Loeppky, W. Rempel. In this photograph F. Rempel stands holding a guitar. The men are posed informally and are wearing nice clothes. This photo was taken at Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park. This photograph also has a second copy, which is an enlarged version of the original.
In this photo a group of six conscientious objectors standing in front of a small building that bears the sign "Spring water". The spring water they are drinking from glass bottles comes from Clear Spring Bog, west of Whirlpool Lake. The men are wearing nice clothes. This photograph was taken in Riding Mountain National Park.
In this photo ten men are sitting on their beds inside of a National Forestry Programme tent. Several of them are holding musical instruments, including a guitar, violin, accordion and a mandolin or ukulele. The men are dressed nicely and all look towards the camera. This photograph was taken at the C.O. camp at Clear Lake.
In this photograph a group of men are in relaxed poses on their beds inside a National Forestry Programme tent. A calendar hangs above them on the tent wall. This photo was taken at a C.O. camp by Clear Lake.
In this photograph several men are setting up a National Forestry Programme tent. The men are wearing work clothes. Two of the men are labelled as Mr. Blackburn and D. Zacharias, but without indication of which is which. This photograph was taken at the C.O. camp in Clear Lake.
This photo is of three National Forestry Programme tents. A C.O. worker is walking in front of the tents, and is wearing work clothes. This photograph was taken at the C.O. camp by Clear Lake.
In this photo a group of C.O. workers are washing up at the camp. The men are lined on either side of a trough which holds bowls for washing. They are wearing work clothes. Behind the workers stand several National Forestry Programme tents. This photograph was taken at the C.O. camp by Clear Lake.
In this photograph several C.O. workers are relaxing in their tent. The men are sitting on their beds and are looking at the camera. This photograph was taken at the C.O. camp by Clear Lake.
In this photo a group of C.O. workers are posed at the front of a cabin. The men are wearing work clothes. In the background stands a truck with its driver's door open. This photograph was taken at the C.O. camp by Clear Lake.
In this photograph three C.O. works are posed with their arms around each others' necks in front of two tents. The men are nicely dressed. Two of the men are identified as Walter Klippenstein and Abe Loewen, but the third man is unidentified. This photo was taken at Camp 2, north on Highway 2, by Clear Lake.
This photograph is of the Camp 1 '41 Victory sign made on the ground out of stones at the C.O. camp by Clear Lake. Several tents stand in the background.
This photograph is of three C.O workers drinking spring water at the Clear Spring Bog. From left to right the men are (as listed on the photograph) D. Hildebrand, John Rempel, and D. Sawatzky. The men are nicely dressed. This photograph was taken near the C.O. camp at Clear Lake.
This is a photo published in the Mennonitische Rundschau. It is a copy of a photo taken in 1915 of a group of Russian Mennonite medical corps conscripts posing beside their hospital train. They are in Wirballen in German captivity. The sentences below the picture say," This picture was kindly sent to us by Pastor Firtz Foth, Kaiserslautern, Germany, whose letter appeared on page 7 in the last edition of the "M.R." Who can send us the names of the Mennonite medics on this picture and briefly describe the group's experiences? Editor." Someone has used colored pen to identify two of the men: 2nd from left first row is a Jakob Kroeker, Neukirch, and 3rd from right - the tallest man on the picture - Willms from Tiege.