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This photograph is an outdoor scene under the trees decked with flags and lanterns. The Forestry Service men are seated on the benches placed sideways in the foreground with a music band in the background. The men are dressed in their uniforms, with borh light and dark tops. The occasion is the 1st of May Festival. This photograph can also be found on page 58 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia and in Nick Peters' 13 pages of photocopied pictures No. 118.

This photograph shows a number of men taking time out to play in the snow at the Azov Forestry Camp in Russia. This photograph is also in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 64.

This photograph taken on the Forestry Camp in Russia, shows a long line of men, mostly lined up by twos with the Forstkommando in front. One man towards the back is ready to ride his bicycle. The dog on the yard is keeping his distance while he watches the procedure. There is a gazebo in front of the larger building in the background. Anadol has been wrriten on the front of the picture, to identify the Forestry Camp. This photo also appears on page 148 of the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia where the date August 14, 1911 has been added.

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 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.

This photograph shows about 20 men posed alongside and on top of a fence as well as on the grounds and the covered walkway alongside the building in the background. Two men are perched on a two-wheeled cart with a large barrel. This photo also appears on page 51 of the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia where the location is identified as the South Coast camp near Yalta, Crimea, August 14, 1911.

This somewhat faded photograph shows 10 Mennonite Alternative Service men at work digging. All are wearing the dark uniform including hats, except one is in a lighter top.

This photograph shows a group of 14 men in their Alternative Service uniforms relaxing on the ground. This photograph is also in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on pages 41 & 62.

This photograph shows a group of 11 unidentified Alternative Forestry Service men in their uniforms posing outside alongside a building. Seven are seated and 4 are standing. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 134.

This photograph shows a group of Alternative Service men probably in the forestry service, working on a field setting up a number of tepee shaped poles alongside a long line of a low mound of earth and some piles of gravel possibly.

This photograph shows a long log hauled on two 2-wheeled carts pulled by oxen on a road in the Azov Forestry Camp in Russia. A group of 5 men, or more, are supervising. This photograph can also be found in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick on page 56.0