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This photograph shows a group of 4 men with string instruments and one with a drum (barefoot), posed at the wooden entrance steps. This photograph can also be found on page 110 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia.

This photograph shows a group of 12 men posed in front of a building, probably taken in their leisure time while in Alternative Service in Russia. Two men are standing, 6 seated and two posed on the floor. None of the men are identifiedThere is a automobile in the left background with a man at the wheel and another standing beside him. This photograph also appears in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick on page 60.

This somewhat faded photograph shows 10 Mennonite Alternative Service men at work digging. All are wearing the dark uniform including hats, except one is in a lighter top.

This photograph shows a group of 11 unidentified Alternative Forestry Service men in their uniforms posing outside alongside a building. Seven are seated and 4 are standing. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 134.

This photograph shows a group of Alternative Service men probably in the forestry service, working on a field setting up a number of tepee shaped poles alongside a long line of a low mound of earth and some piles of gravel possibly.

This photograph shows 3 men in Alternative Service uniforms holding a stick with fresh game on the end over a smoky bonfire. Further to the right a man with an apron, holding a little girl in his arm, is watching the procedure. Another man in uniform is watching from the doorway of a shed behind him. This photograph can also be found in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 137.

This is a photograph of an unidentified officer in a double breasted uniform posed with his hands behind his back. He has a large moustache and receding hairline. He is probably one of the officers in the Alternative Service where Peter J. Sawatzky served in Russia.

This is a full-length portrait of Jakob Warkentin leaning on a high stand with his right arm. There is a fancy chair to his left and a treed backdrop behind him. He is wearing the full uniform of the Alternative Service men. Peter J. Sawatzky has written the following in German on the reverse: " Jakob Warkentin was my teacher in Grigorjewka and later my colleague in Leonidowka." This photograph can also be found in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 142.

This photograph is a portrait of Peter J. Sawatzky at the age of 25 years when he was serving in the phylloxera unit of the Alternative Mennonite Forstry Service in the Crimea. He has a shaved head and a moustache and is seated on a chair holding a pamphlet. He is wearing the Summer uniform of the Forestry Service. There is a decorative table and a plant to his right. This photograph can also be found in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 66.

This photograph shows a group of men in their Forestry Serivice uniforms taking a break. There are about 18 men standing in the back behind the bushes and 10 seated in the grass with their food and drinks. A man at the right is ready to serve from the barrel with his ladle. This photograph is mounted on a decorative matting 28.4 x 22.6 cm. OS

This photograph shows a group of about 16 Alternative Servicemen in Russia, taking a break at a train stop. Some others are hanging their heads out of the windows of the train. This photograph can also be found on page 85 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia. Jacob Dick has described this a a pancake breakfest.

This photograph shows David Dick posed in front of palm tree foliage, wearing his Alternative Service uniform without the cap. Warkentin (mother's relative} is written on the reverse.

An unidentified man in uniform posing among the trees and foliage probably in the Medical Alternative Service.. This photograph is also in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 112.

This photograph shows a large group of medical staff loading the sick. There are men and women included. The translation of the German note on the reverse: Sending you a view of our work. I photographed this as we were loading the sick. The sun was shinng directly from the side and therefore the faces are not clear. The cross indicates the stretcher with a patient lying inside. This strecther is carried by two horses. These are only for the seriously ill. The less seriously ill are brought on wagons. The double crosses indicate a covered stretcher. The rear horse is also visiblle with its head on the other side of the stretcher. In the background are the mountains. Only the top of the train is vis ible. Another time I want to photograph the wagons.
There is a second, smaller copy of this photograph decorated with a bold and ruled frame, from Peter Warkentin, as well as a copy in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 81.

This photograph shows 8 Mennonite men in their alternative service uniforms posing outdoors; none have been identified. This photograph can also be found in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick on page 136 with the caption, "Typical pose of that period."