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| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men, women and children ready to disembark ship. Original caption reads: "Determination to make good is written on the faces of the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "You can't get wat... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| 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: "... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One image under the headline: "Dissatisfied Transients Quit in Alaska." Original caption reads: "Dissatisfaction at the Matanuska colonization project in A... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from a ship, probably the St. Mihiel, towards a large crowd of people standing on the wharf. Settlers from Wisconsin and Michigan depa... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A young girl, Virginia La Rose, age 5, wearing a coat and hat and holding a doll under her right arm, is ready to disembark. She is the daughter of Henry a... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A man is driving a caterpillar tractor. A group of men are standing behind him on the right. On the left is part of a building and an agricultural implemen... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A man is standing and sharpening a saw outdoors. On the left is a coaster wagon. In the background are adults and children standing in front of tents. Capt... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Caption with negative: "Frank Ring, Pembine, Wis., carried a calf born on the train out of the boxcar when the second load of cattle arrived for colonists.... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Stewart Campbell (left) and John Givens, VIPs in Matanuska Colony administration. Campbell was property manager; Givens an archite... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A group of men are working on straightening railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of trucks, mattresses, and tents. There is a sign that reads: "Valley City" In front of a group of tents. Caption reads: "Boom city - mattres... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "The main street of Matanuska, next village south of Palmer." |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward. Otto Fisher family shown in... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward." |
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