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Arville Schaleben Standing Next to Automobile
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Arville Schaleben standing next to an automobile with a camera over his shoulder, a screwdriver in his right hand, and a cigarette in his left hand. A man is sitting in the driver's seat of the car leaning on the partially open door. The hood of the car is folded up over the engine. Alaska Colony. Caption on back of print reads: "Arv. Schalaben and friend in Matanuska Valley Alaska, 1935."
1935
Schaleben, Arville, 1907-1999
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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...
Main Street of Matanuska
1935
Original caption reads: "The main street of Matanuska, next village south of Palmer."
Arville Schaleben Drinking from Spring
1935
Arville is crouching at the edge of a stream. He has a camera case over his shoulder. Self-portrait. Caption on print reads: "A self-photo. Correspondent Arville Schaleben of the Milwaukee Journal ...
Arville Schaleben Standing Near Construction
July 1935
Arville Schaleben, with a camera case strung over his shoulders and a mosquito net on his hat is standing near workers who are constructing a log building. This may be the Construction Division off...
Families Leaving from Colony
1935
Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward."
Will Rogers in Alaska
August 15, 1935
Will Rogers in an Alaskan pea field in Matanuska Valley.
