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| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men, women and children ready to disembark ship. Original caption reads: "Determination to make good is written on the faces of the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One of two images under the headline: "Wives of Alaskan Pioneers Kept Busy Sewing, Making Tent Homes Neat and Clean." Original caption reads: "Mrs. Bud Hol... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One of a group of images under the headline: "First Pictures of Wisconsin's Alaskan Pioneers at Sea and Their Arrival at Seward." Original caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 05 31 1935 |
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| Description: | One of two images under the headline: "Colonists Play 'Find the Freight'; a Beauty Shop." Original caption reads: "At the right is Betty Meier, 18, of Dulu... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | 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 nea... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "Colonists lounge ... |
| Date: | 05 19 1935 |
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| Description: | John Herman and his wife sleeping in their seats on a railroad car. Printed in The Milwaukee Journal with a caption that reads: "The train ride in d... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A young girl, Virginia La Rose, age 5, wearing a coat and hat and holding a doll under her right arm, is ready to disembark. She is the daughter of Henry a... |
| Date: | 05 23 1935 |
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| Description: | View over heads of crowd towards two men standing above the the crowd. There are tents behind them, and mountains in the distance. Caption could be: "Same ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Marceline Venne, Betty and Fritz Hermon standing outdoors in front of a wire fence. There is a log building in the background. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A woman and child are in front of a log cabin. There is a tent in the background on the right. Plants are growing on the roof of the cabin, and boards are ... |
| Date: | 06 02 1935 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Alaska, Ho! Perched on their luggage ready for anything which their new deal may bring, this family of modern pioneers set out from near Su... |
| Date: | 07 04 1935 |
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| Description: | Caption with negative: "Mrs. Walter Fox, one of the colonists, got an encore at the Palmer fourth of July fete by her guitar playing and singing of ballads... |
| Date: | 04 26 1935 |
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| Description: | Family, including two children standing, a woman carrying another child, and a man who is carrying suitcases, leaving a house. |
| Date: | 08 02 1935 |
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| Description: | Caption with negative: "Mrs. Pakonen holding the font[sic] paw of the bear, which weighed about 400 pounds. Pakonen said its hide was nice[sic]. It's again... |
| Date: | 04 26 1935 |
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| Description: | A woman is standing outdoors holding a child in her arms. There is a building in the background. Caption with print reads: "Mrs. Martin Soyk and Jimmy, in ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Mrs. Agnes Sandvik (and children) a leader in the colony, both in early protest and early and subsequent progress. Caption with ne... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Josephine Lemmon. Original caption reads: "Ron Sheely (left) Stewart Campbell (right) don't immediately identify woman in between. Don't remember what... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward. Otto Fisher family shown in... |
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