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This is a photo of six or more tractors lined up on a field, each one with a driver, ready for action. A group of about 30 men are standing behind them, 3 with hats and white collar and tie. The first one from the right - C. F. Klassen, middle one looks like A. W. Slagel. Also Peter Berg left of C. F. Klassen.
A. W. Slagel's comment - "Official beginning of tractor program in Ukraine. 1922 Autumn."

This is a photo of a building part of the Hellmansberg estate Kösching, Bavaria, Germany owned by Michael Horsch who operated the Christenpflicht aid organization. The building in the photo has a turret in the centre, showing the steam rising from the threshing machine and a smaller loaded wagon. The threshing operation is hidden in the shade of the building. 2 copies

This is a photo of a woman walking away from the open barn doors, with a scarf on her head, carrying away chaff and baled straw at Michael Horsch's South German Mennonite relief centre, Christenpflicht. This photo shows part of the Hellmansberg estate Kösching, Bavaria, Germany owned by Michael Horsch who operated the Christenpflicht aid organization

This is a photo of the side of a log building where a family has erected a primitive, cloth-covered shelter for themselves. The mother (probably) is seated on the ground at the opening with 2 children and another person inside. Photograph taken in Stobtsi believed to be in Russia.

This is a photo of David Hofer and Barbara Hofer on camels, a sphinx to the right and a pyramid behind them. Two Egyptian children are walking in front of them and other Egyptians are on the sideline.

This is a faded photo of rather magnificent buildings on the waterfront, identified as the Kremlin in Moscow.

This is a photo of part of an elaborately decorated Russian-style building near the home of Ivan the Terrible.

This is a photo of a large painting showing impoverished people watching an individual being pulled away in a rugged wooden vehicle in the snow.

This is a photo of a street with a long line of children marching along a rail track.

This is a photo of the inside of the AMR office in Moscow. Ladies and men are sitting at their desks, the women mostly behind typewriters. One man is standing at the back in front of a shelf of files.

This is a photo of an ice jam on the Dnieper River, taken from the Kitchkas bridge - an upstream view. (2 copies of photograph)

This is a photo of a group of eight men dressed for winter posed in front of a Ford car by the Dyck house in Schoenwiese. It includes (left to right): Mr. Perk (the repair man in light trousers); Mr. Siemens (the watchman) and his son (in the back), another Mr. Siemens and a Mr. Klassen (the chauffeur) (in front), then Peter Hermann Unruh, Arthur Slagel, and another Mr. Klassen (the tall man on the end). Slagel writes on the reverse side: "...G. G. Hiebert took this just after we returned from Halbstadt..."

This is a photo of four tractors lined up in front of train cars, with seven men posing beside them, one beside an automobile at the right. The photograph is taken in Alexandrowsk. The tractors are being shipped to Alt Samara.

This is a photo of a bearded man standing on the shipping platform of the American Mennonite Relief warehouse in Schoenwiese (Alexandrovsk) with the contents of a food package displayed in front of him, described on reverse of photo as follows: 49 lbs. flour, 25 lbs. rice, 15 lbs. sugar, 10 lbs. bulk lard, 1 lb. tea, 20 tins milk. The Russian wording is there as well.

This is a photo of the exterior of the former Jakob H. Niebuhr mill in Schoenwiese/Alexandrovsk, Russia, which was used as a warehouse by the American Mennonite Relief workers in 1923. The railroad track is shown in the forefront. The section where food was stored is inked in.