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This photo shows a group of men in the forestry service creating an interesting pose, with one man on the shoulders of another, standing behind two crouching men -- creating a human "look-out tower" (?) -- with others in the action by standing guard or climbing a tree to get into the picture.

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 how men carried and stacked logs without jack, tractors, or catepillars. (See Quiring's Als Ihr Zeit..., p. 171)

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

This photo shows the barrack used by the Mennonite men in forestry service Neu Berdyansk. (compare with photo in Quiring`s Als Ihre Zeit..., p. 171.)

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 includes the following in Row 1 (l-r): J. Loewen, Peter Duerksen, 2 Russian officials, Peter Penner, Hermann Neufeld (Petershagen); Row 2: ? Isaak, Peter Becker, P.R. Neufeld, F. Friesen, J. Dyck, ? Klassen, J. Reimer, J. Froese, ? Baerg, ? Sawatzky; Row 3: Frederick R. Krause, P. Klassen, Jacob Heide, J. Froese.

This photo shows a group of men posing in front of a building -- four men are reclining in the foreground, the rest are standing in two rows behind them. The style of jackets and caps on the men vary in colour and style. The group includes a Peter Neufeld, ? Hamm, and Jacob Heide.

This photo shows a group of me n posing in 3 rows, in front of a log-constructed building. Peter Neufeld (later of Boissevain, Manitoba) has been identified (with 2 ink marks); and, Jacob Heide (also, later of Boissevain) has been identified (with 1 ink mark).

This photo shows 5 men posing at a pine tree in the forest in Crimea. On the right is D.P. Goerzen (later, of Calgary, Alberta).

A group of men in forestry service at Altagir sitting on "tree chairs". Back row: Heinrich Neufeld (2nd from the left).

A group of 6 men from the forestry camp at Altagir. Heinrich Neufeld is fourth from the left.

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

This photo shows (l-r): ? Enns, ? Mandtler, Nicolai Rempel, Gerhard G. Dueck, Abram Lepp , anther Gerhard Dueck, and Peter Isaac, ready to ride their bicycles on a path.

This photo shows a group of men with horses and sleds hauling wood in the wintertime from a forest near Petrograd (Petersburg). Peter K. Rempel is one of them.