Brother Wiens and Brother Sherk
- CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1_1-1
- Einzelstück
- 1942
Left to right: "Bro. Wiens," J. Harold Sherk in front of sign at Emory Creek. "Bro. Wiens" could be Jacob B. Wiens of Vancouver.
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Brother Wiens and Brother Sherk
Left to right: "Bro. Wiens," J. Harold Sherk in front of sign at Emory Creek. "Bro. Wiens" could be Jacob B. Wiens of Vancouver.
Caption on back reads: "Foreman Ab[e] Cathcart, Sub-foreman (a full-blooded Indian)."
Caption on back reads: "Entrance to camp, boys coming up the steps, with packs on their back [making] their way up the mountain trail. Left to right: Martin Wiens, Eddy Dick [Edgar Dyck], Jake [Jacob] Peters, Jack [John] Boldt, Dan Klassen, Abe Cathcart foreman, Del [Delford Bechtel]."
Caption on back reads: "Fred Ray the cook. Looks strange with his bald head usually has a Jeffs [chef's?] cap on." Sign in background reads: "Notice: This ground is reserved for Placer Mining by the Province of British Columbia extending from Emory Creek, south 600 ft. north 2900 ft and easterly from the Canadian Pacific track one half-mile." Sign is on the "Dominion Provincial Mining Training Project" gate.
Len Bechtel with railroad superintendent car
Caption on back reads: "Railroad superintendent car taken in front of camp the time they put a new deck on bridge."
Caption on back reads: "Kitchen and dining room, meat house and tool shed, whash [wash] house in distance between meat house and tool shed on picture, also our Bunk house behind tool shed is quite a bit lower. Picture was taken in front of Ab's [Abe Cathcart's] office which is quite a bit higher than rest of the camp's, is about same level as railroad." See also: Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-7_14 .
The married men at Emory Creek
Caption in album reads: "The married group at Emory Creek: 1 - George Thompson [Sarnia, Ontario]; 2 - Delford Bechtel [Baden, Ontario]; 3 - Martin Wiens [New Hamburg, Ontario]; 4 - Leonard Bechtel [Preston, Ontario]; 5 - Freeman Dungy [Windsor, Ontario]."
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."
Emory Creek dining hall and kitchen staff
Caption in album reads: "Dining hall and kitchen staff: 1 - Mike Bohonoski, Kitchener; 2 - Andrew Bowman, Bridgeport; 3 - George Thompson, Sarnia."
Tool and repair shop at Emory Creek
Caption in album reads: "Tool and repair shop. 1 - Leonard Bechtel, Preston, Ont; 2 - Mr. Schmidt, Sask."
Alternative Service workers at Emory Creek
Caption in album reads: "The group at Emory Creek Camp, two miles from Yale and ninety miles east of Vancouver." Standing, left to right: Peter Langeman (Leamington, Ontario), Andrew Bowman (Bridgeport, Ontario), Daniel B. Klassen (Leamington), Mike Buhaneski (Kitchener, Ontario), William Turner (Kitchener), Edgar Dyck (Preston, Ontario), Daddy ? (Preston), Henry Langeman (Ruthven, Ontario), Martin Wiens (New Hamburg, Ontario), Kenneth McIver (Vancouver), George Thompson (Sarnia, Ontario), Charles Shorten (London, Ontario), John "Jack" Boldt (Kitchener), Bernard Neufield (Leamington). Seated in front, left to right: Freeman Dungy (Windsor), Serenus Wideman (Ontario), Bruce Gowing (Preston), Jacob "Jake" Peters (Kitchener), Delford Bechtel (Baden, Ontario), Peter "Pete" Wiens (Leamington), George Peters (Long Lac or Kitchener), Heinrich "Henry" Epp (Ruthven), Ferdinand "Fred" Reimer (Kingsville, Ontario). Wilson Hunsberger notes that Wilfred Erickson and Bruce Ruppert were gone to get the mail.
Emory Creek Alternative Service Work Camp grounds
Caption in album reads: "The camp grounds - 1 - Dining hall; 2 - Meat and food house; 3 - Tool and repair shed; 4 - Sleeping bunks."
Jesse B. Martin and Freeman Dungy
Caption in album reads: "Freeman Dungy, Windsor (Colored) and I. Dungy is a colored C.O. and belongs to Church of God in Christ." Left to right: Jesse B. Martin, Freeman Dungy
Caption in album reads: "The Fraser river runs about 200 feet from camp."
Playing baseball at Emory Creek camp
Caption in album reads: "Recreation time - Boys playing ball."