Mennonite Archival Information Database

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 enter the camp dining hall

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-2_6
Item
1942-6

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Dinner - Roast pork, potatoes, lettuce, carrots, pie, tea, etc, etc."

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."

Cabins at the Seymour Camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-2_16
Item
1942-6

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

A row of cabins at the Seymour camp. Caption in album reads: "Huts."

Cabins at the Seymour camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-2_18
Item
1942-6

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

"Huts" for Alternative Service workers at the Seymour camp. Sign in front says "Mount Seymour Park."

Harold J. Schmidt in British Columbia

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.282.3-3
Item
1942

Part of Harold Schmidt photograph collection

Harold J. Schmidt wearing a cook's hat while serving in Alternative Service in British Columbia.

Men leaving to fight fire at Powell River, British Columbia

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.282.3-5
Item
[between 1942 and 1943]

Part of Harold Schmidt photograph collection

Note on back of photo: "The boys leaving for Powell River fire." Conscientious objectors climbing aboard truck to leave to fight the forest fire.

Kitchen staff at Seymour Mountain Camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.282.3-6
Item
1942

Part of Harold Schmidt photograph collection

Kitchen staff at Seymour Mountain Camp in British Columbia. Harold J. Schmidt at back right. Man in suit not identified.

Sawing a log to create a meat bench for the cook

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.282.3-10
Item
[between 1942 and 1943]

Part of Harold Schmidt photograph collection

Note on back of photo: "The cook and foreman sawing a log for a meat bench, Dollarton, B.C. H.J.S." Camp cook creating a chopping bench for meat?

Harold J. Schmidt and Friend

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.282.3-11
Item
1942

Part of Harold Schmidt photograph collection

Harold j. Schmidt (front) and friend at British Columbia, probably at the Seymour Mountain Alternative Service Camp.

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]."