This photo shows a man from the forestry service standing in front of a blossoming fruit tree. The accompanying sound recording refers to him as our "Springsteiner Starshiy, initiator of these reunions". [=living in Springstein, Manitoba in 1972 and ranked as a senior officer] ?____ Dueck or Dyck.
This is a photo of three children posing with the youngest sitting in a chair. They are identified as Petja, Hascha and Lena Huebert (or Eckert) from Ekaterinowka near Herzenberg.
This is a photo of a beggar in ragged clothes, standing at an open gateway. There is snow on the ground. There is a shed and larger building in the back.
This photo shows ten men with their instruments -- 3 cornet players, 1 player on trombone, 3 euphonium players, 1 tuba player, 1 player on bass drum and cymbal, and a conductor, who is sitting in the middle of the front row with his baton. The photo is taken out doors with trees and a building in the background.
Taken at a farewell party. During the 1920s many families emigrated from Russia, going mostly to Canada. Relatives, friends, and play-mates had to part. They did not know whether they would ever see each other again. The young people often organized a farewell event. It was a bitter-sweet experience. [HR 215]
This photo shows (l-r): G.G. Dueck (later of Springstein, Manitoba), Gerhard Dueck (Neuenburg), Jacob Janzen, Nicolai Rempel, and another Jacob Janzen.
This photograph shows a group of 11 unidentified Alternative Forestry Service men in their uniforms posing outside alongside a building. Seven are seated and 4 are standing. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 134.