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Wisconsin Pioneers on Board the St. Mihiel

Date: 1935
Description: One of a group of images under the headline: "First Pictures of Wisconsin's Alaskan Pioneers at Sea and Their Arrival at Seward." Original caption reads: "...
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Will Rogers in Alaska

Date: 08 15 1935
Description: Will Rogers in an Alaskan pea field in Matanuska Valley.
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Man Washing Hands in Basin

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "Trials of Pioneers Bring Families Closer Together." Original caption reads, in part: "... at the right is a colonist...
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Arville Schaleben Dressed for Mosquitoes

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "Journal Writer in Alaska; Pioneer Woman Raises Firs." Original caption reads: "Arville Schaleben, Journal staff writ...
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Drilling Well at Camp 8

Date: 1935
Description: Two men working at a well at Camp 8.
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Man with Dairy Cow

Date: 1935
Description: A man is standing outdoors holding the rope halter to a cow. He has a matchstick in his mouth.
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Arville Schaleben Standing Near Construction

Date: 07 1935
Description: Arville Schaleben, with a camera case strung over his shoulders and a mosquito net on his hat is standing near workers who are constructing a log building....
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Will Rogers in Alaska

Date: 08 15 1935
Description: Caption with negative reads: "Rogers talking with Mrs. I.M. Sandvik, colonist from Moose Lake, Minn. In back of Rogers is Stewart Campbell, property custod...
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Will Rogers

Date: 08 15 1935
Description: Will Rogers in foreground, with two men standing behind him on the right, and the airplane in the background. Caption with negative: "Rogers alighting from...
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Will Rogers

Date: 08 15 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "Rogers joshes with transients, asking, 'Any of you boys from Claremore?'" The airplane is in the background.
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Will Rogers

Date: 08 15 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "Rogers and Post a few minutes after landing." Another man is standing in the background on the left.
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Two Men and a Dog

Date: 1935
Description: Two men are sitting along a fence, and a large dog is lying near them. There is a building in the background. Caption on back of print reads: "May/June 103...

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