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People in front of Palmer Post Office and General Store

Date: 1935
Description: People are gathered at the entrance to the Post Office and General Store. There is a horse tethered to a wooden fence post, and an automobile is parked nea...
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Warton Post Office and General Store

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: "Colonists lounge ...
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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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Gov. Parks

Date: 1936
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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Mrs. Josephine Lemmon

Date: 1935
Description: Mrs. Josephine Lemmon. Original caption reads: "Ron Sheely (left) Stewart Campbell (right) don't immediately identify woman in between. Don't remember what...
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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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Palmer Presbyterian Church

Date: 06 2019
Description: View of the front of the Palmer Presbyterian Church. Two people are standing near the open doors. Constructed in 1937, the building is also known at the C...

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