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Lester Monroe Sharpening Cross-Cut Saw

Date: 1935
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...
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Unloading a Cow from Railroad Car

Date: 05 1935
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."
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Funeral of Donald Henry Koenen

Date: 06 22 1935
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...
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Henry Jensen and Lawrence Larson Cultivating Garden

Date: 1935
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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Woman with Guitar on Stage

Date: 07 04 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "Mrs. Walter Fox, one of the colonists, got an encore at the Palmer fourth of July fete by her guitar playing and singing of ballads...
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Frank Ring with Calf

Date: 1935
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....
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Leaving House in Monaco [sic]

Date: 04 26 1935
Description: Family, including two children standing, a woman carrying another child, and a man who is carrying suitcases, leaving a house.
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Wesley Worden, Dick and Jackie

Date: 04 26 1935
Description: Wesley Worden, Dick and Jackie, and a dog, sitting and standing outdoors at the back of an automobile, which has a Wisconsin license plate. A fence and bar...
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Mrs. Pakonen with Bear Paws

Date: 08 02 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "Mrs. Pakonen holding the font[sic] paw of the bear, which weighed about 400 pounds. Pakonen said its hide was nice[sic]. It's again...
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Woman Holding Child

Date: 04 26 1935
Description: A woman is standing outdoors holding a child in her arms. There is a building in the background. Caption with print reads: "Mrs. Martin Soyk and Jimmy, in ...
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Boarding Train

Date: 1935
Description: People on railroad platform boarding a train.
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Community Potato Patch

Date: 1935
Description: Caption with negative reads: "As far as the eye can see — potatoes. One of the community potato patches planted in the valley by Harry Sears, corporation c...
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Cottage of Harry Nichols

Date: 08 15 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "The cottage of Harry Nichols, completed only a few weeks before the picture was snapped, quickly took on an appearance of domestic ...
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Harold Davis

Date: 06 03 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Harold Davis, who had bad experience in Alaska and became influential as a colonist among the pioneers." He is standing outdoors, ...
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Victor Johnson

Date: 1935
Description: Two men are working outdoors. The man on the left with a carpenter's apron is Victor Johnson.
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Mrs. Agnes Sandvik

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Mrs. Agnes Sandvik (and children) a leader in the colony, both in early protest and early and subsequent progress. Caption with ne...
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Men Straightening Railroad

Date: 1935
Description: A group of men are working on straightening railroad tracks.
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Mrs. Josephine Lemmon

Date: 1935
Description: Mrs. Josephine Lemmon. Original caption reads: "Ron Sheely (left) Stewart Campbell (right) don't immediately identify woman in between. Don't remember what...
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Henry Rossiter with Horse

Date: 05 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Matanuska. A pretty good horse takes its first steps into the life as a pioneer. It's colonist Henry Rossiter leading one of stall...
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Final Land Lottery

Date: 1935
Description: Caption reads: "Martin McCormick, East [Tarvas], Mich., draws no. 1 in draw for position for final land lottery."

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