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 photo shows a five men (a quartet and preacher) standing in front of a car. They are all wearing long over-coats. Included on the photo are Jacob Mierau and Peter G. Sawatzky (Herschel).
This photograph shows the sadly neglected Botanical Gardens in Georgia which the Mennonite Medical workers had enjoyed when they served in this area during World War I. This recent photograph also appears on page 163 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick.
This photograph shows a large group of men posed in front of some bare trees, alongside a light colored coffin on a stand, all without their caps on. A German note in the front reads: "? Plett, died in the South Coast Forestry Camp. The son of a Molotschna bishop. 1916. In the Crimean mountains outside of Yalta. The address of P.J. Sawatzky is noted on the reverse, R.R. #2, Ruthven, Ont. This photo also appears on page 146 of the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia.
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 is a photo of 10 men posing in the forest on a log. Identified are (left to right): [last row] Kornelius Wiebe, Jakob Schellenberg, Abram Martens [middle row] Heinrich Schellenberg, Franz Thiessen, Peter Peters, Heinrich Froese [front row] Peter Martens, Jakob Lehn, Isaak Thiessen.
This photograph shows a group of 16 young men serving in the Alternative Forestry Service in Russia. They are posed in their uniforms in front of one of the buildings. The two men reclining on the ground are wearing white aprons. The photograph is stamped on the reverse, possibly with the name of the Forstei or maybe the photographer? The name Edgar R., written in pencil, also appears on the back. This photograph is mounted on decorated matting 282 x 222 cm. OS