Mennonite Archival Information Database

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_1
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "the boys at Langford - Twelve miles from Victoria (on Island). Three miles from Langford. The man with X is Mr. Paul Neil, the foreman."

Huts where the boys live

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_2
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Building called 'huts' where the boys live. Eight in a hut - Notice the dense growth and trees and river in background."

Building the staff office at Langford

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_3
Item
1942

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Corners are not nailed but locked together so then can be taken away and moved. Building the office for staff: 1 - Fred Cressman; 2 - Raymond Good; 3 - Tobias Bauman; 4 - Elias Brubacher; 5 - [illegible]"

Clearing a road to the camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_4
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Removing a five foot hill to the camp so trucks can make the grade."

Building the camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_5
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Building dining tent. Splitting wood. Building wood house."

The married men at Langford

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_6
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Ben Veer in Robertson Valley

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_7
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption on back reads: "Robertson Valley where we are working with Ben Veer in the foreground. He is the Cat man's helper." The Robertson River Valley near Lake Cowichan was a tree planting area.

Mount Seymour Park sign

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-2_1
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

A sign for Mount Seymour Park. A smaller sign reading "To Woodlands" points to the left. Caption in album reads: "The camp is located to the right of the sign."

Alternative Service workers building a road

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-2_10
Item
1942-6

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Tearing up an old logging path and building a new one."

Cutting down snags

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-2_11
Item
1942-6

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "The dead trees are called 'snags.' If they catch fire the wind [illegible words] the sparks. Cutting down snags is [illegible words]."

Trail building on the mountain

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-2_12
Item
1942-6

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Trail building on the mountain. To be used by fire rangers. Boys get special training for fire fighting."

Jesse B. Martin outside "place of worship"

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-2_13
Item
1942-6

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Place of worship." Jesse B. Martin stands in the doorway of a camp building.

Jesse B. Martin with British Columbia ferns

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-2_14
Item
1942-6

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Jesse B. Martin stands outside a building at an Alternative Service camp, holding ferns. Two men stand slightly behind on either side. Caption in album reads: "Ferns. British Columbia."