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This photograph shows a roadway with a building in the background, surrounded by a few trees and a low fence. It is probably the Kaserne in the Azov Forstei in Russia. This photograph can also be found on page 49 of the book Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia. There is a picture of a similar building in the book Onsi Tjedils, p. 37.

This photograph shows a long line of men wearing light colored uniforms, high boots and caps, lined up, ready to go to work at the Azov Forstei in Russia. This photograph must have been sent by Abram Dick to his parents. A German note in the back reads (translated) Then we will survive these years. I am sending you this card so that you can get some idea of how we go to work. I am close to the front. Only my head can be seen because I am standing on the other side. In closing, many greetings and kisses from your loving, and not to be forgotten, son, Abram. Greetings also to the siblings. This photograph also appears on p. 52 of the book Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia.

This photograph shows a Summer picture of 12 men of the Mennonite Forestry Service in Russia, 5 are standing and 7 are sittingl/lying in the grass. This photograph also appears on p. 106 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia. Nick Peters' photocopies of photographs also includes this picture.

This photograph shows a group of 11 Mennonite men posing alongside a fence amid the shrubbery in their Forestry Service uniforms. Five men are standing, 5 seated on a bench and two on the ground. Back row (l-r): Abram Driedger), remaining 3 unidentified; Middle row: unknown, Abram Dick, Nikolai Peters, unknown, unknown. Front row: persons unknown. This photograph also appears on p. 54 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia, as well in Nick Peters' collection of photocopied photographs.

This photograph shows a group of 5 Forestry Camp workers in their uniforms, and a younger lad at the end, standing in back of a group of 3 women and two younger children, as well as 3 men posed on the ground. It is described as a picnic with visiting family members. The 6th man standing and the man at the far right, seated, are both holding a guitar. This picture also appears on page 61 of Mennonite Alternatove Service in Russia.

This photograph shows an unidentified Forestry Camp worker in uniforma in Russia standing amid palm trees. The suggestion that this may be a guard is written on the back. There are two copies of this photograph, slightly damaged. This picture also appears on page 126 of Mennonite Alternatove Service in Russia, with a note 'To Abram Dueck" and in Nick Peters' collection of photocopied photos.

On this photograph, William Dick (Dueck), brother to Jacob Dick, is posed alongside a steel fence amid palm tree foliage in the background. He is dressed in the uniform of the forestry workers. This picture also appears on page 108 of Mennonite Alternatove Service in Russia, and in Nick Peters' collection of photocopied photos.

This photoraph shows a 14 member brass band of men in the Forestry Service in Russia. They are dressed in their forestry uniform, 9 standing and 5 perched in the grass. The name Kathe Warkentin is written on the reverse of the photograph. It can also be found in the Nick Peters' collection of photocopied photos as No. 26 and.on page 58 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia where two men are identified - Abram Dueck, third from left, and Nikolai Peters, third from right.

This photograph shows the buildings on the grounds of the Azov Forestei in Russia. The Alternative Service men are lined up alongside the building, probably ready to go to work. This copy is quite faded. This photograph can also be found in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia, p. 49.

This groups shows a large group of men enjoying a picnic in the woods. They are all wearing their Alternative Service uniforms, most of them standing in the background and some seating on the ground in front of them. This photograph is also in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 60.

This photograph shows a large group of men in single file probably planting trees in the forestry service in Russia. This photograph is also in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 56.

This is a portrait of an unidentified man in the Alternative Service uniform in Russia. He is leaning on a fence with lush foliage in the background. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 133.

This photograph shows a larger group of men relaxing on the ground, in a clearing of trees, eating their lunch. One man is wearing a white apron and at least one man is reading as he eats. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 135.

This photograph shows the yard of a forestry camp in Russia with bare trees showing one of the buildings in the background and the low fence and entrance gate in the foreground. A few men of the Alternative Forestry service can be seen on the yard, one with a bicycle. There are at least 3 young girls perched on the fence at the right. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 135.

This photograph shows a group of 5 men, two women and 4 children, seated on the ground in the woods, enjoying a picnic. It was probably taken at the forestry camp where the men were in Alternative Service. The men are all dressed in their uniforms. This photograph can also be found in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick on page 62 with the caption; "A picnic with visitors". No one is identified.