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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 a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "J.J. Bugge, Minne... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Arville Schaleben and Prof. Alpheus Mansfield Goodman talking in front of tent. Arville is holding a camera on his left arm. |
| 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: "The colonists fin... |
| Date: | 05 23 1935 |
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| Description: | One of two images under the headline: "Lining Up to Draw for Location of Farms in Alaska." Original caption reads: "A serious business — these members of t... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One image under the headline: "Dissatisfied Transients Quit in Alaska." Original caption reads: "Dissatisfaction at the Matanuska colonization project in A... |
| Date: | 06 09 1985 |
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| Description: | Arville Schaleben at the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Matanuska Valley Colony. Text on back of photograph reads: "Harry M. Campbell, Sr., Arvill... |
| 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: | 05 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men working with the freight thrown off along the railroad right of way. Trunks and crates and barrels are arranged on a tarp in the backg... |
| 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 man is standing outdoors holding the rope halter to a cow. He has a matchstick in his mouth. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Caption on back reads: "Gov. Parks. Colony day 1936. Ruth Dearmond behind him (right)." There is a child standing in the foreground, and many people are ga... |
| Date: | 06 03 1935 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Harold Davis, who had bad experience in Alaska and became influential as a colonist among the pioneers." He is standing outdoors, ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of men and women standing in front of a log building. |
| 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: | Caption reads: "Martin McCormick, East [Tarvas], Mich., draws no. 1 in draw for position for final land lottery." |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Ben Jordan (tallest), steward at construction division mess, and the boys who feed me." A man standing on the right is holding a c... |
| 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... |
| 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." |
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