Mennonite Archival Information Database

Young men and families at a railway station

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-84
Item
[between 1941 and 1944]

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Possibly conscientious objectors leaving for an Alternative Service assignment in British Columbia.

Conscientious objectors and families at a railway station

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-83
Item
1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Possibly leaving for an Alternative Service assignment in British Columbia.

Road and House (356.6)

CA MHC 333-7
Item
between 1941 and 1945

Part of Alternative Service (Unser Ersatzdienst), 1941-45 Slide Collection

Train stop along the way to British Columbia

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1_1-4
Item
Jun 1942

Part of Len Bechtel photograph collection

Alternative Service workers on the train from Ontario to British Columbia in 1942 take some exercise at a stop.

Tree planting

CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-262.0
Item
[between 1940 and 1945]

Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds

This photo shows a bare mountain slope with about 12 men each with a spade standing in a line from the bottom to the top of the slope.

C.O.'s making music

CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-261.0
Item
[between 1940 and 1945]

Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds

This photo shows six men with their musical instruments sitting on a stack of lumber. The instruments include a mandolin, two guitars, two accordions and one violin. Left to right, John Reimer, John Doerksen, Charlie Wiebe, John Schmidt, ? Hamm, Ernie Neufeld.

"The best liver man born"

CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-260.0
Item
[between 1940 and 1945]

Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds

This photo shows (l-r): Clarence Best, Howard Liver, Bruce Mann and Henry Born (Springstein).

Inside a bunkhouse

CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-259.0
Item
[between 1940 and 1945]

Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds

This photo shows (l-r) below, William Lewisday (Ontario), Abe Voth (Manitoba), Don Muffet (Ontario) and John Schmidt (Springstein, Manitoba); above, ? Fast, Abe Thiessen (Manitoba), Henry Unger and Ben Wiebe.

Bread and pies

CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-253.0
Item
[between 1940 and 1945]

Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds

This photo shows a stack of over 25 loaves of bread and 15 pies which the boys in camp bake, when the baker was ill.

On a search expedition

CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-252.0
Item
[between 1940 and 1945]

Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds

This photo shows a group of men hiking on a trail carrying shovels and perhaps some other tools.

Peeling potatoes

CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-251.0
Item
[between 1942 and 1945]

Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds

This photo shows three conscientious objectors who were kitchen helpers -- Petkau, Peters and Peters.

Conscientious Objectors from Saskatchewan

CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-244.0
Item
[between 1940 and 1945]

Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds

This photo shows twelve men from Saskatchewan wearing the new parkas received from their home churches in Saskatchewan. The man 2nd from the left in the front row is Jake Froese.

Off to work at 7:30 a.m.

CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-243.0
Item
[between 1940 and 1945]

Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds

This photo shows truck loaded with men being transported to their work site for the day. [The truck has been identified as a 1939 Ford by Peter Adsten]

Aaron Janzen with his team of horses

CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-240.0
Item
1944

Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds

This photo shows Aaron Janzen posing between his two horses, with the barn and a spruce forest in the background.

Clearing a spot for a tower

CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-237.0
Item
[between 1940 and 1945]

Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds

This photo shows seven men rolling a tree trunk with poles, presumably to clear a spot for a tower (radio?, hydro electric?, other?) Some of the men include: Jake Dyck (Springstein) (3rd from the left) and Bill Wiebe (next to him), John Bock (Crystal City) (extreme right).

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