Alternative Service workers from Waterloo, Ontario at Green Timbers
- CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-3_5
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- Jun 1942
Caption in album reads: "The Waterloo boys - See the big stump."
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Alternative Service workers from Waterloo, Ontario at Green Timbers
Caption in album reads: "The Waterloo boys - See the big stump."
Alternative Service workers heading to the mountains to build a fire fighting trail
Caption in album reads: "Notice the packs on boys backs. Contains food, blankets, etc. Will stay up in the mountains several days and nights. They are building a fire fighting trail. Wide enough for a horse to go up."
Alternative Service workers in bunk house
Alternative service workers in front of a cabin
Alternative Service workers in front of a cabin. Front row (left to right): Francis Starr, Bob Iviney, Harley Wideman, Ross Wideman. Back row (left to right): Milton Noake, Vernon Yager, Murray Wideman, Gordon Smith.
Alternative Service workers in front of a cabin
Caption in album reads: "three Markham Boys and one Rainham." Left to right: Leonard Burkholder (Markham, Ontario), Lorne (?) Wideman (Markham area), Vernon Yager (Selkirk, Ontario), Leonard Ramer (Markham, Ontario). All were part of Montreal River Group 5 (9 Dec 1941 - 11 Jul 1942).
Alternative Service workers in front of the Green Timbers wash house
Caption in album reads: "Wash house with shower bath. 1. Bruce Gowing, Preston; 2. Freeman Dungy, Windsor; 3. Edward [or Edgar?] Dyck, Preston; 4. Weins [or Wiens?]" Numbers correspond to numbers written on photograph.
Alternative Service workers in rain hats
Caption on back reads: "These four pictures are 'us' with our new rain proof hats (no two hats are alike for shape)." Front (seated): Leonard Burkholder. Middle (left to right): Ward Shuh, Monroe Jutzi, Leonard Witmer, Clayton Burkholder, Ed Weber. Back (left to right): Fred Cressman, Rufus Jutzi. Probably Goldstream (Langford) camp.
Alternative Service workers in rain hats
Alternative Service workers pose outside of a cabin at a work camp wearing their rain hats. Identified on back of photo: Irvin Weber, Carl Zimmerman, Ray Good, Nyal Shantz, Melvin Kropf, Melvin Burkhart. Probably Goldstream (Langford) camp.
Alternative Service workers in tent at Montreal River
Alternative Service workers from Group 3 at Montreal River inside their sleeping tent. Left to right: Aaron Weber (Waterloo, Ontario), Melvin Brubacher (Elmira, Ontario), unknown, Orlan Martin (Elmira, Ontario), Menno Wideman (Elmira, Ontario).
Alternative Service workers leaving camp to work on a fire trail
Caption in album reads: "The present camp was a former mining camp. Gold washing from Fraser. Boys starting out for a two days work in the mountains. Stay out over night." Sign behind the group reads "Dominion Provincial Mining Training Project."
Alternative Service workers leaving Green Timbers for Seymour camp
Caption in album reads: "Ready to leave Green Timbers for Seymour Camp, Dollarton, B.C. (About twelve miles from Vancouver)."
Alternative Service workers looking at old machinery
Alternative Service workers mixing concrete
Part of Fred Cressman photograph album
Tobias Bowman, Clayton Wismer, Mervin Wismer, and Willard Geiger mixing concrete by hand for the floor of the Langord Ranger Station. Caption in album reads: "C.O.S. hand mixing concrete for floor of storage building, 7/42." Caption on back of photo reads: "Mixing concrete by hand for floor of garage at Langford Ranger Station. Tobias Bowman, Clayton Wismer, Mervin Wismer and Willard Geiger; 8/42."
Alternative Service workers near Montreal River
Alternative Service workers and a makeshift tent. The two men outside could be cooking or washing dishes.
Alternative Service workers near Montreal River