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| 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: "William Geisman of San Francisco is the official photographer on the project." |
| 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: "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: | 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: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | 50th anniversary plaque for 1935-1985 honoring the families from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota who migrated to Alaska. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Art in front of Palmer Museum of History and Art, depicting a 1930s truck farmer and her dog. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Hayfield, with woods and the Chugach Mountains in the distance. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Palmer Railroad Depot Sign, that reads: "To Seward 156.8 M., Palmer Elevation 241 FT, to Fairbanks 325.7 M." |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | View across field towards an abandoned barn. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Plaque on a rock in the cemetery, which was established in 1936. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | View from road towards the Colony House Museum. A sign outside the museum reads: "This house was constructed in 1935 as the farm home of a Matanuska Valley... |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Crowd of people on a patio at the Alehouse in Palmer. The building used to be the part of the cooperative. The buildings of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Co... |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Fresh Starts Farms LLC Greenhouse sign on the flatbed of a truck parked in a field. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Palmer State Fair Barn. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Man driving a tractor in a field, with the Chugach Mountains in the distance. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Palmer tribute statue outdoors. The statue is based on the 1935 color photograph of the George and Edith Conners family. Mountains are in the distance. |
| Date: | 05 2019 |
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| Description: | View of the vegetable garden at a vegetable farm outside of Palmer. There is a barn and a log structure in the background. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | The Palmer Water Tower is towering above low buildings in the foreground, with snow-capped mountains in the distance. |
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