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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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Reading the News Bulletin

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: "The colonists fin...
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Vehicle in front of "Matanuska Valley Pioneer"

Date: 1936
Description: A vehicle or tractor on a trailer in front of a tent with a sign for "Matanuska Valley Pioneer, Jack Allman, Publisher • Editor." Two men and a dog are sta...
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Jack Allman at Typewriter

Date: 1935
Description: Jack Allman was the Matanuska Valley Pioneer publisher and editor. Handwritten on back of print: "Jack Allman, Matanaska Editor, a handsoome, largely self ...
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Alaska Statehood Referendum — Palmer Precinct

Date: 06 2019
Description: Framed referendum signed by citizens of Palmer, Alaska. The referendum was passed in 1958. The document is on display in the local history room of the Palm...
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Matanuska Maid Milk Products Display

Date: 06 2019
Description: Display of Matanuska Maid Milk Products. From the Palmer Historical Society: "Matanuska Maid" was first the brand name of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Coop...
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Display at Colony House Museum

Date: 06 2019
Description: Items on display on a back porch of the Colony House Museum. One of the items on display is a McCormick-Deering Cream Separator.
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Children's Bedroom at the Colony House Museum

Date: 06 2019
Description: A child's bedroom in Colony House Museum. A toy railroad on a braided rug is on the floor. Dolls, toy blocks, and a coloring book are also on display. A sh...
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Cans of Matanuska Maid Peas

Date: 01 2019
Description: Display of a can of peas at the Palmer Museum of Art and History. "Matanuska Maid" was first the brand name of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Ass...

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