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| Date: | 1936 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | One of two images under the headline: "Trials of Pioneers Bring Families Closer Together." Original caption reads, in part: "Families are knit more closely... |
| Date: | 06 09 1985 |
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| Description: | Arville Schaleben at the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Matanuska Valley Colony. Text on back of photograph reads: "Harry M. Campbell, Sr., Arvill... |
| Date: | 05 23 1935 |
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| Description: | One of two images under the headline: "Lining Up to Draw for Location of Farms in Alaska." Original caption reads: "A serious business — these members of t... |
| 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: | 05 23 1935 |
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| Description: | View over heads of crowd towards two men standing above the the crowd. There are tents behind them, and mountains in the distance. Caption could be: "Same ... |
| Date: | 05 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men working with the freight thrown off along the railroad right of way. Trunks and crates and barrels are arranged on a tarp in the backg... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Marceline Venne, Betty and Fritz Hermon standing outdoors in front of a wire fence. There is a log building in the background. |
| Date: | 05 31 1935 |
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| Description: | View over fence towards cows in a corral. Men are standing on and near the fence in the background. Two horses are in the field just beyond the cows among ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A man is standing outdoors holding the rope halter to a cow. He has a matchstick in his mouth. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A group of children are standing together near a tent. A young girl wearing overalls is standing on the left. Caption with negative reads: "'Surprise.' Chi... |
| Date: | 06 02 1935 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Alaska, Ho! Perched on their luggage ready for anything which their new deal may bring, this family of modern pioneers set out from near Su... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Three men are kneeling on the ground working with a saw. The men are wearing hats with mosquito nets on them. Mountains are in the background. Caption with... |
| 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: | 05 1935 |
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| Description: | Caption with negative: "Out comes a new Matanuska valley cow." Caption with print: "The first colony Guernsey were a little hesitant to join the pioneers." |
| Date: | 06 22 1935 |
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| Description: | Caption with negative reads: "At the funeral of Donald Henry Koenen, 4, of South Range, Wis., son of Henry Koenen, on June 22. Picture shows the crowd comi... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Caption with negative: "Lawrence Larson from International Falls, Minn., and Henry Jensen, Little Fork., Minn., cultivating a community garden at Camp 2. Y... |
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