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This photo is of Abram Bergmann and Anna Dick (Dyck) taken on their wedding day in 1901. The bride is wearing a long white dress and long veil. She is holding a large white bouquet. The groom is wearing a dark suit with a long coat, white shirt, and white bow tie.

This is a portrait of Anna Janzen taken about the time of her marriage to Jacob Funk.

Anna Janzen met Jacob Funk while working at Bethania Hospital located near the Dnieper River in the Chortitza Colony between the settlements of Einlage and Kronsweide. This photograph was taken shortly before she married Jacob J. Funk in 1920. Anna is standing for this portrait wearing a formal dress.

This photo is of Isaak Lehn and his wife Anna Lehn, née Anna Heinrichs. The photo is taken inside, against a tropical backdrop.The couple is sitting inside an ornate rowboat; each one is holding an oar in their left hand. There are big feathers draped across the front of the boat. Anna is wearing a light-coloured blouse with a sailor collar and a darker skirt. She has a light-coloured hat on her head. Isaak is sitting behind her. Isaak has a mustache and is wearing a light-coloured jacket, dark bow tie, and dark pants. On his head is a dark hat.

This is a photo of Anna Krause (nee Anna Friesen) with sons, likely Abraham (left) and either Johann or Wilhelm (right). See page 224 in Daughters in the House of Jacob. Anna was the mother of Agatha Doerksen (nee Agatha Krause).

This photo is a portrait of Babushka (grandmother) Reimer.

This photo is of the back of AMLV (Mennonite Agricultural Union) Photo identifying staff members, 1925.
(Reference to photograph NP201-01-31).

This photo shows conscientious objectors completing alternative service as beekeepers (apiarist) in Russia.

Picture of a binder used in agriculture in [pre-revolutionary Russia ?]. Possibly taken from a newspaper picture.

This photo is of the Brieger family, with Mary (far right), in Riga.

This photo is of the Butovski Polygon shrine. The image is part of a brochure for Butovski Polygon, which is also called Ruassia's "Golgotha." The brochure was sent to Maureen and Herb by Erika.

This photo is of CF and Mary with Harold and baby Walfried, 1927. Mary holds baby Walfried in her arms, while CF and Harold look on. The bottom of the photograph is described and dated in German.

This photo is of CF and Mary with their nanny, Nina Shokoyskaya (left), 1927. They are sitting on a bench outside in Russia.

This photo is of C.F. Klassen standing in front of the Moscow Mennonite Centre offices building.

This photo is the back of the Moscow German Choir photograph, which is signed by C.F. Klassen, 1925. (reference to choir photograph NP201-01-24)