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Arville Schaleben Standing Near Construction

Date: 07 1935
Description: 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....
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Tents at Camp

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of tent camp, with Chugach mountains in background.
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Caterpillar Tractor

Date: 1935
Description: A man is driving a caterpillar tractor. A group of men are standing behind him on the right. On the left is part of a building and an agricultural implemen...
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Lester Monroe Sharpening Cross-Cut Saw

Date: 1935
Description: A man is standing and sharpening a saw outdoors. On the left is a coaster wagon. In the background are adults and children standing in front of tents. Capt...
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Funeral of Donald Henry Koenen

Date: 06 22 1935
Description: Caption with negative reads: "At the funeral of Donald Henry Koenen, 4, of South Range, Wis., son of Henry Koenen, on June 22. Picture shows the crowd comi...
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Henry Jensen and Lawrence Larson Cultivating Garden

Date: 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "Lawrence Larson from International Falls, Minn., and Henry Jensen, Little Fork., Minn., cultivating a community garden at Camp 2. Y...
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Leaving House in Monaco [sic]

Date: 04 26 1935
Description: Family, including two children standing, a woman carrying another child, and a man who is carrying suitcases, leaving a house.
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Mrs. Pakonen with Bear Paws

Date: 08 02 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "Mrs. Pakonen holding the font[sic] paw of the bear, which weighed about 400 pounds. Pakonen said its hide was nice[sic]. It's again...
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Woman Holding Child

Date: 04 26 1935
Description: A woman is standing outdoors holding a child in her arms. There is a building in the background. Caption with print reads: "Mrs. Martin Soyk and Jimmy, in ...
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Cottage of Harry Nichols

Date: 08 15 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "The cottage of Harry Nichols, completed only a few weeks before the picture was snapped, quickly took on an appearance of domestic ...
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Mrs. Agnes Sandvik

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Mrs. Agnes Sandvik (and children) a leader in the colony, both in early protest and early and subsequent progress. Caption with ne...
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Group Portrait

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor group portrait of men and women standing in front of a log building.
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Boom City

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of trucks, mattresses, and tents. There is a sign that reads: "Valley City" In front of a group of tents. Caption reads: "Boom city - mattres...
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Home of Arthur Retallic

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Home of Arthur Retallic, Amasa, Mich., nears completion. Work on it progressed more swiftly than on any other cottage and was fath...
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Commissary Supplies are Adequate

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "'Commissary supplies are adequate,' said Purchasing agent Ed Cronin (extreme left) of the corporation for the news reel (march of ...
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Reenactment of Colony Land Drawing

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Newsreel men re-enact the colony land drawing (or lottery)."
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Group Portrait in front of Log Building

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Left to right, Daniel E. McGrath, special U.S. Asst. Atty. Gen. Sent to colony to set up law enforcement; Mrs. S.R. Fuller, Jr.; S...
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S.R. Fuller, Jr. and Party Posing in front of the Construction Division Log Office

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "S.R. Fuller, Jr., and his party pose in front of the construction division's log office. Maybe this will yield a half-col head or ...
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Joe Puhl and his Cottage

Date: 08 02 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Joe Puhl of Rice Lake, Wis., and several colonist neighbors banded together to build their own cottages. They finished Puhl's firs...

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