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Harold Davis
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Original caption reads: "Harold Davis, who had bad experience in Alaska and became influential as a colonist among the pioneers." He is standing outdoors, and there is a building in the background.
June 3, 1935
Schaleben, Arville, 1907-1999
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WHi 144240
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Families Leaving from Colony
1935
Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward."
Reenactment of Colony Land Drawing
1935
Original caption reads: "Newsreel men re-enact the colony land drawing (or lottery)."
Men Straightening Railroad
1935
A group of men are working on straightening railroad tracks.
Families Leaving from Colony
1935
Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward. Otto Fisher family shown in negative six. Other negatives not exposed."
Wiliam Geisman
1935
Original caption reads: "William Geisman of San Francisco is the official photographer on the project."
Arville Schaleben Photographing Three Children
1935
Arville Schaleben taking a photograph of three children sitting on a log with a camera on a tripod in the Alaska Colony. Caption on back of print reads: "Arv. Schalaben at Matanuska Valley in Alask...
