Contains four photograph albums of Alternative Service camps. Photographs were taken or collected by Jesse B. Martin. A sample of photographs from these albums is described in the database. For the complete albums, see Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2 at the Mennonite Archives of Ontario.
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."
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]"
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.
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."
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]."
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."