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Children Yelling "Surprise"
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A group of children are standing together near a tent. A young girl wearing overalls is standing on the left. Caption with negative reads: "'Surprise.' Children yell for fifth birthday of Evelyn Foster, from Stephenson, Mich. Evelyn at extreme left." Caption with print reads: "Who today remembers who in this wonderful cluster of pioneers 50 years ago?"
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...
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."
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...
Will Rogers
August 15, 1935
Caption with negative: "Rogers and Post a few minutes after landing." Another man is standing in the background on the left.
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 Dressed for Mosquitoes
1935
One of two images under the headline: "Journal Writer in Alaska; Pioneer Woman Raises Firs." Original caption reads: "Arville Schaleben, Journal staff writer with the colonists, wearing his head ne...
