Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Ben Jordan (tallest), steward at construction division mess, and the boys who feed me." A man standing on the right is holding a c... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Building an empire? The sawmill breaks down and what a crowd of onlookers to 'supervise' repairs." |
Date: | 06 23 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Foster, catching for the transients, and Karlovitch, batting for Anchorage, in the baseball game June 23." |
Date: | 1935 |
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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... |
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: "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: | 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... |
Date: | 06 2019 |
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Description: | Gerry Keelingand holding cooperative tokens issued by the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, the governing body of the Matanuska Valley Colony, found... |
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: | Indoor display of a box of Matanuska Maid Ice Cream. From the Palmer Historical Society: "Matanuska Maid" was first the brand name of the Matanuska Valley ... |
Date: | 06 2019 |
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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... |
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. |
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