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Alternative medical service men in Russia taking a break
Part of Jacob Dick Alternative Service in Russia Photo Collection
Tis photograph shows a train stopped at an open field where a number of Alternative Medical Service men are standing, getting well deserved fresh air. There are mountains in the background. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 79.
Part of Mennonite Church USA Interchurch Relations Committee Records 1998-2016
Alternative Serivce workers in their baseball field
Caption on back reads: "10 of the men who played ball in that field around Christmas time. The weather was quite warm."
This photo is a portrait of fourteen young men who are in uniform, as part of alternative service, either in forestry or in the Red Cross.
The photo is in a postcard format.
Part of Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries Commission on Peace and Social Concerns Records
This photo is a portrait of "Mother's brother, Henry", in uniform, as part of alternative service, either in forestry or the Red Cross.
Part of Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries Commission on Peace and Social Concerns Records
Siberia, USSR
Jakob Bergen, father of Elvera (Bergen) Goerz, helped build roads and railway tracks during WW I in the Ukraine as Alternative Service. In this photo the buildings under construction are in the distance while forest trees and stumps of trees are visible in the foreground.
Alternative Service bunk houses
Caption on back reads: "These are our bunk houses taken from the back."
Alternative Service cabin at Montreal River camp
Photo is of a log cabin on the grounds of the Twilight Resort in Montreal River Harbour, Ontario. The cabin housed Mennonite Alternative Service men during World War II. Carved into one of the logs are the names of Alternative Service workers Wilmer Wagler (Shakespeare, Ontario), Emerson Wagler (Shakespeare, Ontario), Moses G. Martin and Joe Martin (Wallenstein, Ontario). The man identified as Moses G. Martin could possibly be Morris Martin or Mahlon Martin; no Moses G. Martin is found in the Alternative Service lists.
Ruth Fletcher
Part of Johann Kroeker fonds
This photo is of 5 buildings for an [alternative service camp?] in Russia during the winter. Horses hitched to logs on sleds stand in a row. Men can been seen standing against the building on the right. A fence is in the foreground.
This photo is of an alternative service camp where 19 buildings, most of the sleeping quarters, are visible. Laundry is hanging on a line, there is a car in the camp and a man walking to a cabin on the right side of the photo. A burned out forest is in the background. This photo is a PMT reproduction which has been mounted.
Alternative Service camp on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Note on back of photo: "Camp on Vancouver Island. H.J.S." Temporary buildings possibly at a tree-planting site on Vancouver Island. Alternative Service workers from the Seymour Mountain camp were set to plant trees in the Campbell River area; however, Harold Schmidt stayed behind at Mount Seymour.
Alternative service (Campbell River, B.C.) - return visit
This is a photo of Frank Dyck standing among the trees planted by C.Os. north of Campbell River, B. C.
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