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 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.
This photo shows nine men sitting on a pile of logs. Some of the men include Bill Wiebe (Winnipeg), Lincoln Penner (Lorette), John Plett (Ste. Anne), and George Harms (Winkler) (not specifically identified).
This photograph shows an unidentified Forestry Camp worker in uniforma in Russia standing amid palm trees. The suggestion that this may be a guard is written on the back. There are two copies of this photograph, slightly damaged. This picture also appears on page 126 of Mennonite Alternatove Service in Russia, with a note 'To Abram Dueck" and in Nick Peters' collection of photocopied photos.
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.
This photo shows a group of conscientious objectors around a large tree stump which they presumably have cut. Some men are standing, while others are lying on the ground. The men include: Cornie Reimer, John Bock, Abe Schelleberg, Jake Dyck, Cornie Doell, E.P. Friesen and Jake Fehr.
This photograph shows a group of 11 Mennonite men posing alongside a fence amid the shrubbery in their Forestry Service uniforms. Five men are standing, 5 seated on a bench and two on the ground. Back row (l-r): Abram Driedger), remaining 3 unidentified; Middle row: unknown, Abram Dick, Nikolai Peters, unknown, unknown. Front row: persons unknown. This photograph also appears on p. 54 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia, as well in Nick Peters' collection of photocopied photographs.
This photo shows a group of men from the forestry service in Russia, standing behind a horse and cart, with a gazebo and other buildings in the background. David Friesen is bringing the daily report to the forester.
This is a portrait of an unidentified man in the Alternative Service uniform in Russia. He is leaning on a fence with lush foliage in the background. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 133.
An unidentified man in uniform posing among the trees and foliage probably in the Medical Alternative Service.. This photograph is also in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 112.
This photo shows 24 men in the phylloxera unit standing in front of their tents, set up in a clearing, with the forested hills in the background. Their task was insect and pest control in vineyards. The photo includes Gerhard Neufeld of Paulsheim, who was shot the night after his auction sale just prior to emigration to Canada in 1926, and David Heidebrecht, who later ordained as a minister in 1921 and later settled in Alberta. Both Neufeld and Heidebrecht were issued silver watches, in recognition of their service.