Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Elevated view of tent camp, with Chugach mountains in background. |
Date: | 08 02 1935 |
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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... |
Date: | 1935 |
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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 ... |
Date: | 1935 |
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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... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "William Geisman of San Francisco is the official photographer on the project." |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Newsreel men re-enact the colony land drawing (or lottery)." |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "'Commissary supplies are adequate,' said Purchasing agent Ed Cronin (extreme left) of the corporation for the news reel (march of ... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward." |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward. Otto Fisher family shown in... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Mrs. L.D. Ellexon of Knik and dog Queen. She's only white woman in Knik, which once had 500 residents but is now a ghost village." |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "The main street of Matanuska, next village south of Palmer." |
Date: | 1935 |
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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... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Caption reads: "Martin McCormick, East [Tarvas], Mich., draws no. 1 in draw for position for final land lottery." |
Date: | 05 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Matanuska. A pretty good horse takes its first steps into the life as a pioneer. It's colonist Henry Rossiter leading one of stall... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Mrs. Josephine Lemmon. Original caption reads: "Ron Sheely (left) Stewart Campbell (right) don't immediately identify woman in between. Don't remember what... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Outdoor group portrait of men and women standing in front of a log building. |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | A group of men are working on straightening railroad tracks. |
Date: | 1935 |
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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... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Two men are working outdoors. The man on the left with a carpenter's apron is Victor Johnson. |
Date: | 1936 |
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Description: | Caption on back reads: "Gov. Parks. Colony day 1936. Ruth Dearmond behind him (right)." There is a child standing in the foreground, and many people are ga... |
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