This items shows 180 oval portraits of Mennonite men plus 6 officers, who served at Anodol Forestry camp in 1912. One of the 6, the one with the long beard, is D.J. Classen, the president of the Forestry administration. (See <i>Als ihre Zeit erfüllt war,</i> p.168).
This photo shows a group of about 30 posing on the side of a building and around a tree. One man is reclined on a branch of the tree, several men have white aprons as if they are the cooks, some have dark aprons as if they are black smiths, and some are dressed in uniform with shiny boots.
This photo shows two men posing at a table outside with shrubs in the background. One is reading a Russian newspaper and the one man has a pen in hand and is writing.
This photograph shows a forestry camp in Russia. Several building can be seen. There are two men with bicycles in the background and other men standing around. Part of the trees seem to have a tinge of green. The inscription on the reverse says "Kaserne Gross-Anadol."
This photo shows 4 men posing outside with forest in the background. Three men are sitting on a bench, one of them is a visitor, being dressed in a 3-piece suit. Andreas Vogt (1890) is on the far left).
This photo shows three men outside with forest in the background, reclining on the grass, posing for the picture: F. Hamm (Neu York), L. Sudermann (Berdyansk), N. Rempel, Sophiewka.
This photo shows five men in forestry uniform posing with another visitor. The forestry men: N. Rempel (?) (Sofiewka) (?), unknown, unknown, unknown, Vogt.
This photo show a group of six men inside around an office desk with a map of Europe in the background. One man is working an abicus, another has a ledger book open, another is writing on a document. There are stamps on the table.
This item is a composite with 25 portraits of Mennonite men in the forestry service. The picture has been decorated with a few springs of spruce on the edges.