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This is a photo of a beggar in ragged clothes, standing at an open gateway. There is snow on the ground. There is a shed and larger building in the back.

This is a photo of a loaded, Russian ladder-wagon standing alongside a road. Two men and a young boy are standing in front of the two oxen that are pulling the wagon. There is a car parked behind the wagon.

This is a photo of the exterior of an older type Mennonite home in Russia showing the fence and part of the treed yard.

This is a photo of a harvest scene in Russia. Besides the farm implements, there is a car in the background on the field. The lady in the forefront wearing a white top and a hat is probably David Hofer's wife, with her husband and an AMR worker. There is also a smaller copy 8.5 x 5.5 cm.

This is a photo of Arthur Slagel standing in a rye field in Chortitza, Russia, with the representatives of the Agricultural Committee of the American Mennonite Relief.

This is a photo of an old typical Russian church building identified as Ivan the Terrible's country home.

This is a photo of a group of 6 women in winter garb - scarves over their heads, wearing aprons. They are posed on an open field alongside a car. One of the ladies has a book in her hand. Arthur Slagel describes them as Russian peasant women - Evangelical.

About 30 children who came to the American Mennonite Relief kitchen in Chortitza, Russia.

This is a photo of a family settling into the makeshift seats of the freight train provided for the Mennonite immigrants in Chortitza in 1923. The mother is shown with possibly six of her children and another woman.

This is a photo of three men on a ship. The man in the foreground, with a moustache, is holding on to the steering wheel. This photo was included in the Novorossiysk enveloper. Arthur Slagel and A. J. Miller travelled to this seaport on the Albatross in April 1921 in an attempt to enter Russia. The trip was unsuccessful and they had to return to Constantinople. (There are two copies of this photograph.)

This is a photo of a man standing on the edge of a ship looking down on a person seated below who has a white cloth wrapped around his head covering. Mountains along the shore, in the background. This photo was included in the Novorossiysk envelope. Arthur Slagel and A. J. Miller travelled to this seaport on the Albatross in April 1921 in an attempt to enter Russia. The trip was unsuccessful and they had to return to Constantinople.

This is a photo of a typical Russian church building in Moscow. There are 3 copies of this photograph.

Several tractors alongside train cars. Four men in the background.

This is a photo of a group of men posing on the lower deck of a ship. Two ship attendants are standing on the upper deck. This is probably a group of AMR workers, but none are identified except Alvin J. Miller, in the front, who has a white cloth wrapped around his hat. This photo was included in the Novorossiysk envelope. Arthur Slagel and A. J. Miller travelled to this seaport on the Albatross in April 1921 in an attempt to enter Russia. The trip was unsuccessful and they had to return to Constantinople.

Mostly children with a few adults in the background, standing outside of a building, waiting for food at one of the American Mennonite Relief kitchens in Russia.