Photograph
People in front of Palmer Post Office and General Store
| People are gathered at the entrance to the Post Office and General Store. There is a horse tethered to a wooden fence post, and an automobile is parked nearby. There are mountains in the background. |
| Image ID: | 142380 |
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| Creation Date: | 1935 |
| Creator Name: | Schaleben, Arville |
| City: | Palmer |
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| State: | Alaska |
| Collection Name: | Arville Schaleben papers, 1929-1996 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M2005-096, Box 17, Folder 9 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4.75 x 3.75 inches |
| Text on back of print reads: "Arville Schaleben used this horse, when he could borrow it, to cover the pioneers in the Matanuska valley of Alaska in 1935. Horse is tethered in front of the only permanent establishment in Palmer, in the valley, when colonists from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Upper Michigan arrived in May, 1935." |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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