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 16 men with their musical instruments and a conductor with his baton. The band consists of 2 clarinet players, 7 cornet players, 4 baritone horn players, 1 trombone player, 1 tuba player and a percussionist (bass drum, cymbal, triangle). Of the 7 cornet players several are B flat horns and others are likely E flat horns.

This photograph show 16 Mennonite men in the Alternative Service in Russia, taking part in a celebration of the anniversary of the coronation of the Tsar, some are seated and some standing. There are some instrumentalists standing behind the seated men. A section of this photograph is rather faded. The date 14. May 1913 is written on the reverse. This photo also appears on page 148 of the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia.

This photoraph shows a 14 member brass band of men in the Forestry Service in Russia. They are dressed in their forestry uniform, 9 standing and 5 perched in the grass. The name Kathe Warkentin is written on the reverse of the photograph. It can also be found in the Nick Peters' collection of photocopied photos as No. 26 and.on page 58 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia where two men are identified - Abram Dueck, third from left, and Nikolai Peters, third from right.

This photo shows a group of men that all lived in the same housing unit at Asov, likely on a Sunday afternoon, with various instruments as each possessed. There is a tambourine, an accordion, two guitars, a mandolin, a violin, a cello.

This photograph shows a group of 4 men with string instruments and one with a drum (barefoot), posed at the wooden entrance steps. This photograph can also be found on page 110 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia.

This photograph is an outdoor scene under the trees decked with flags and lanterns. The Forestry Service men are seated on the benches placed sideways in the foreground with a music band in the background. The men are dressed in their uniforms, with borh light and dark tops. The occasion is the 1st of May Festival. This photograph can also be found on page 58 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia and in Nick Peters' 13 pages of photocopied pictures No. 118.

Six women and a man with their musical instruments -- a flute, a violin, a harp several guitars. Included in the group are Sara Enns (2nd from the left playing the violin) and Marie Tiessen (who married Jacob Rempel in 1912) (far left, wearing the white apron sitting in front of Sara and holding the flute).

This photograph shows a group of 14 musicians with their brass instruments and music stands, seated outside - none are identified. Greeting written in German on the reverse - Dear Friend! Greetings from afar. Wish you success with the thresshing; how is it going, almost finished? Why are none of you writing; Abram doesn't write at all. Would you at least please write. Greetings again in closing. Fr. Enns? The name and address to whom the card is sent is written in Russian. There is a postage stamp on the reverse and the card has been stamped with the date 22-7-09. This photograph can also be found on page 109 of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia.

Three young men are sitting on a log holding instruments. The first one is holding a violin and bow, the middle one, Peter Peters 1905, is holding guitar and the one on the right is holding a mandolin. They are wearing similar clothing, dark shirts and pants, high boots and caps. They are workers in the Forstei

This photograph shows a large men's band, consisting of three rows of instrumentalists posing outside holding their instruments. The bearded bandmaster is seated in the middle. Both Abram Dick and Nikolai Peters played in this band when they served in the Azov Forestry Camp in Russia. This picture also appears in the book Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 59, with the caption "Interlude for a photo".