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J.J. Bugge

Date: 1935
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...
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Family Standing Outside of Tent

Date: 1935
Description: One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "Wisconsin colonis...
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Matanuska Valley Colonists

Date: 05 1935
Description: 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 ...
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Mrs. Bud Holler

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "Wives of Alaskan Pioneers Kept Busy Sewing, Making Tent Homes Neat and Clean." Original caption reads: "Mrs. Bud Hol...
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Children in Camp 8

Date: 05 31 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "How Children Keep Busy in Alaskan Tent Colony." Original caption reads: "It's warm enough for sun suits in the Palme...
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Group of Children at Sunday School

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "How Children Keep Busy in Alaskan Tent Colony." Original caption reads: "How do the children live in the Wisconsin-M...
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Aerial View of Palmer

Date: 06 1935
Description: Aerial view of. Original caption on AP print reads: "Matanuska Valley, Alaska, Sept. 15--Twentieth Century Pioneers--Breaking a wilderness to the purposes ...
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Roughan Family

Date: 04 26 1935
Description: Family sitting outdoors. Original caption reads: "These are members of the first Wisconsin families named to go to Alaska in connection with the government...
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Roughan Home

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "The Roughan home, with the rude log house at the right and the barn in the background. It is typical of the desolate home Wisconsi...
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Wisconsin Pioneers on Board the St. Mihiel

Date: 1935
Description: One of a group of images under the headline: "First Pictures of Wisconsin's Alaskan Pioneers at Sea and Their Arrival at Seward." Original caption reads: "...
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Betty Meier, Hairdressing

Date: 05 31 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "Colonists Play 'Find the Freight'; a Beauty Shop." Original caption reads: "At the right is Betty Meier, 18, of Dulu...
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Group of Children at Camp Number 5

Date: 1935
Description: Group portrait of children sitting on a stack of logs. One of the children is holding a cat. Taken at Colony, Camp Number 5. Cabins are in the background. ...
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Arville Schaleben and Prof. Goodman

Date: 1935
Description: Arville Schaleben and Prof. Alpheus Mansfield Goodman talking in front of tent. Arville is holding a camera on his left arm.
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Camp #8

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "Wives of Alaskan Pioneers Kept Busy Sewing, Making Tent Homes Neat and Clean." Original caption reads: "... a row of...
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Man Washing Hands in Basin

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "Trials of Pioneers Bring Families Closer Together." Original caption reads, in part: "... at the right is a colonist...
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Col. O.F. Ohlson and Don Irwin

Date: 05 23 1935
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 ...
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Marceline Venne, Betty and Fritz Hermon

Date: 1935
Description: Marceline Venne, Betty and Fritz Hermon standing outdoors in front of a wire fence. There is a log building in the background.
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Young Colonists

Date: 1935
Description: 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...
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Abadoned Log Cabin

Date: 1935
Description: A woman and child are in front of a log cabin. There is a tent in the background on the right. Plants are growing on the roof of the cabin, and boards are ...
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Children Yelling "Surprise"

Date: 1935
Description: 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.' Chi...

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