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.
Young men and families at a railway station
Part of Wes Brown photograph album
Possibly conscientious objectors leaving for an Alternative Service assignment in British Columbia.
Two men washing clothes with scrub board and basin
Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds
This photo shows Isaac Derksen (Altona, Manitoba) and Jake ? (Springstein, Manitoba) using scrub boards to wash their clothes.
Two men serenading at the tent entrance
Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds
This photo shows two unidentified men sitting and singing with their guitars at the entrance of a tent.
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.
Train stop along the way to British Columbia
Alternative Service workers on the train from Ontario to British Columbia in 1942 take some exercise at a stop.
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).
Sutherland and Griffin, camp foremen
Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds
This photo shows camp foremen Sutherland and Griffin, sitting at their tents.
Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds
This photo shows Peter Heide and Lloyd Brudage sharpening a two-man crosscut saw.
Sawing a large log from both ends
Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds
This photo shows Ben Martens holding the log with Peter Heide and Peter Dyck working a two-person crosscut saw in the foreground, and Jonathan Waldner (a Hutterite) and Ed Buhr working another similar saw in the background.
Part of Alternative Service (Unser Ersatzdienst), 1941-45 Slide Collection
Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds
This photo shows Andrew H. Braun (Morris) driving the caterpillar with Isaac Derksen (Altona) and George Harms (Winkler) watching.
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.
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.
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]
Ministers Hoeppner and Reimer visiting a C.O. camp
Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds
This photo shows Jacob N. Hoeppner, Bergthaler Mennonite minister from Altona, and David P. Reimer, Mennonite Kleinegemeinde minister from Steinbach.