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This is a photo of a Johann Wiebe as a young child.

This is a photo of Maria Toews posing with her hands on a chair in front of her. She is the daughter of Jakob Toews.

This is a photo of eight people around a coffin with a young girl. Identified are: Abram Penner and wife sitting (their child is in the coffin). Standing are Abram and Elisabeth Reimer and daughter Liese. [Same as 478:58]

This is a photo of Jakob Klassen.

This is a photo show the type of stretcher used to transport a wounded soldier. Two men are carrying the stretcher with the wounded one and another man is carrying a bucket. They are standing in front of a train car. On the left is Bernhard Friesen and the man holding the bucket is Johann Funk. [German handwriting on back of photo]

This is a photo postcard of the Tsar Cannon on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. Mostly of symbolic impact, it was never used in a war. The postcard was sent by "David" (David Wiebe (1885-1937) to his family with message that he had examined it and been told that the bore was so large that it would fit 3 men lying in it. He wanted this card to be preserved.

This is a photo of approx. 44 men standing in front of and on the steps of a building. This is where David Wiebe served.

This is a photo of a man in uniform, whose name is Vladimir Abram, and most likely served in Russia during the Great War (1914-1917) with David Jakob Wiebe (1885-1937), the father of Dr. Henry D. Wiebe.

This is a greeting cards with a Bible verse in German from Matthew 10:16. In tanslation: "Behold, I send you out as [image of sheep] in the midst of [image of wolves]; so be wise as serpents and innocent as [image of doves]." On the back of the card is written in Gothic German script, "Herzlichen grusz an Heinrich, von Annele".

This is a photo of 2 men posing outside, with snow on the ground behind them, near former Hindenburg Monument, Tannenberg, East Prussia. The men are identified as Onkel Heinrich and Onkel Johann.

This is a photo of the interior of a infirmary where wounded soldier were treated. The person marked with an X is the doctor and the person lifting the pail is Heinrich Bergmann. The woman marked with a vertical line is the sister of the writer. [German handwriting on back of photo]

This is a photo of people loading supplies onto a Red Cross rail car. [German handwriting on back of photo]

This is a photo of a man lying on a stretcher being loaded onto a Red cross train car. [German handwriting on back of photo]

This is a photo of a group of Red Cross medical workers beside a rail car. There is a German handwritten description on the reverse.