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 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 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.

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.

This is a photo of Katie Funk Wiebe's Great-uncle Peter pictured with his orchestral band of army medics. Peter Nickolai Peters, seated, second from the right in the first row, is the younger brother of Katie's Grandmother Susanna Funk (nee Susanna Peters). He and Katie's father, Jacob J. Funk, both served as army medics during World War I. In 1920, Peter, his parents Nickolai and Elizabeth, and Katie's Grandfather Johann all died of typhus.

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".