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Family Standing Outside of Tent
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One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "Wisconsin colonists arrived in Palmer before the tent camps had been completed. The Martin Smith family of nine members lived several days in this tiny tent which the Rev. Merrill Sulzman of Seward had pitched for his stay in Palmer."
1935
Schaleben, Arville, 1907-1999
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Matanuska Valley Colonists
May 1935
One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "Intimate view of life among the Wisconsin, Michigan and Min...
Aerial View of Palmer
June 1935
Aerial view of. Original caption on AP print reads: "Matanuska Valley, Alaska, Sept. 15--Twentieth Century Pioneers--Breaking a wilderness to the purposes of man, colonists from mid-western states ...
Will Rogers in Alaska
August 15, 1935
Will Rogers in an Alaskan pea field in Matanuska Valley.
Young Colonists
1935
A group of young colonists in front of a tent. A person is standing just inside the partially open doorway of the tent. Caption on print reads: "Kids loved the Valley right from the start, with old...
Arville Schaleben Using Typewriter
May 23, 1935
Arville Schaleben using a typewriter in a tent. Caption with negative reads: "One-second exposure of myself inside out [sic] sleeping quarters and office."
Colonists Using Tractor
1935
One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "Here is one of the tractors used by the colonists to 'snake...
