A group of Mennonite men at a forestry camp in Russia.
Composite photo of Mennonite men serving in forestry at Anadol
This items shows 180 oval portraits of Mennonite men plus 6 officers, who served at Anodol Forestry camp in 1912. One of the 6, the one with the long beard, is D.J. Classen, the president of the Forestry administration. (See <i>Als ihre Zeit erfüllt war,</i> p.168).
Nechtman, K.
The men are resting each with their hoe in hand. Three men have created a human pyramid by having one man stand on the shoulders of the other two.
This photo shows some men playing soccer. Inscription on the reverse reads: "Fussballspiel der Tereker, G. Anadol, 1914."
Forestry camp buildings at Azov
Locket portrait of Cornelius Tiessen
Locket portrait of Peter Neufeld
The inscription on the reverse reads "A. Vogt w[ith] friend Hamm"
This photo shows presumably G.G. Dueck in uniform standing in front of a blossoming apple tree (later of Springstein, Manitoba),
This photo shows a group of men with their beds, outside a forestry camp building.
Unidentified building at a forestry camp
The inscription on the reverse reads "Zur Erinnerung an deine Kollegen & Mitarbeitern" (in memory of your colleague and co-worker).
This photo shows a group of about 30 posing on the side of a building and around a tree. One man is reclined on a branch of the tree, several men have white aprons as if they are the cooks, some have dark aprons as if they are black smiths, and some are dressed in uniform with shiny boots.
This photo shows two men posing at a table outside with shrubs in the background. One is reading a Russian newspaper and the one man has a pen in hand and is writing.