This is a photo of a winter scene in Schoenwiese, Chortitza Colony, Russia. There is a long building in the background with some bare trees and logs of wood covered with snow in the foreground.
This is a photo of Peter Nickel's wife seated in front of a fence with her young daughter and son standing beside her. Peter Nickel taught at the Ohrloff Zentralschule, Molotschna, Russia.
This is a photo taken in Warsaw, Poland, possibly in a park. There is a large fountain structure in the background. Behind the pillars of a building one can also see a cathedral with rounded domes.
This is a photo of the same dock as on photo 665-180 from another angle. There are a group of people, mostly men waiting on the end of the wooden dock. Mountains in the background. This photo was included in the Novorossiysk envelope, probably taken by AMR worker Alvin J. Miller. 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 two men with white cloth wrapped around their foreheads, standing on the same dock as is shown on photograph Nos. 665-180 and 181. There are some houses in the background. It is believed that the men are Alvin J. Miller and Arthur Slagel when they were in Novorossiysk, the seaport in Russia. 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 group of men and women standing on the edge of a long dock. There is a small, canoe-like boat in the water with three men. Mountain in the background. This photograph was included in Slagel's Novorossiysk trip collection. 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 large group, mostly older children, posed at the doorway of the American Mennonite Relief kitchen in a Russian village - Orechowka, Shavkai Volost. There are two copies of this photograph. The 2nd photo is described as Molokaner village - Molotschna. Most of the people are carrying a small pail for their food.
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.
This is a photo of a group of well-dressed men and women viewing a dugout [trench used in World War one combat?] in France. Some are on top, looking down on the persons below.
This is a photo of a kerchiefed lady and some other customers checking out the vegetables at the bazaar in the city of Vienna, Austria. According to the Illinois Mennonite Heritage, Vol. XXII, No. 4, 1995, p. 82, Arthur Slagel accompanied Vesta Zook and Vinora Weaver to Vienna in mid-October, 1921, on his way to Bulgaria to help some refugees.
