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This photo shows brother Abram and Heinrich Neufeld who served their entire service period during World War I as medical worker on train number 180 (Zug 180). They emigrated from the Molotschna Colony in the 1920s.

He was a chef on a ship that sail the Black Sea.

This photograph shows Abram Dick in the uniform of the Alternative Service men in Russia. He is leaning on a metal fence surrounded by foliage and palm trees. This photograph can also be found in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia, p. 44.

This photograph shows Abram Driedger, in the uniform of the Alternative Service, wearing a large fur hat. This photograph also appears on page 109 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia, and in Nick Peters' collection of photocopied photos, No. 27.

This photograph shows an outside pose of Abram Reimer in his Medical Alternative Service uniform. The handwritten, Russian note on the reverse: Province of Samara, P.O. Petanov, Village of Bogomazov. Abram P. Reimer. This photograph also appears in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick on page 125.

In this studio portrait of Abram Warkentin, he is seated on a pile of rocks with a book in his right hand. He is wearng the Alternative Service uniform. Birch trees are seen on the studio backdrop. This photograph also appears in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick on page 124 .

This photo is of a group of 4 conscientious objectors standing on a large pile of logs at an alternative service camp. The photo is taken above ground, looking down on the men on the log pile, and showing several other large log piles in the background.

This photo shows three men (Peter Dyck, ? Friesen and Peter Lepp) sitting in the door way of a railway car. Two shovels can be seen.

This photo is of (l-r) Peter Vogt and Peter Unger sitting on their bunks in the alternative service camps for conscientious objectors darnign socks. Home made book shelves can be seen in the background against the side of the tent.

Caption in album reads: "Ab. picks flowers for Hazel."

Caption in album reads: "Albert Stunden, London, Ontario. Ab. says he can read. For once - a neat bunk."

Caption in album reads: "Al tries out the new chair."

Tis photograph shows a train stopped at an open field where a number of Alternative Medical Service men are standing, getting well deserved fresh air. There are mountains in the background. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 79.

Caption on back reads: "10 of the men who played ball in that field around Christmas time. The weather was quite warm."