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Wisconsin Pioneers on Board the St. Mihiel

Date: 1935
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...
Photograph

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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Colonists Locating Property at Railroad Right of Way

Date: 05 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "Colonists Play 'Find the Freight'; a Beauty Shop." Original caption reads: "Freight is tossed off anywhere along th...
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Seward Welcomes the Wisconsin — Michigan Colonists

Date: 05 1935
Description: Group of people on dock to welcome the pioneers. A woman standing on the dock on the right appears to be holding a camera at her waist. One of a group of i...
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John Herman and Wife Sleeping in Railroad Car

Date: 05 19 1935
Description: John Herman and his wife sleeping in their seats on a railroad car. Printed in The Milwaukee Journal with a caption that reads: "The train ride in d...
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Farewell to Seattle

Date: 1935
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...
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Young Girl Ready to Disembark

Date: 1935
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...
Photograph

Freight on Railroad Right of Way

Date: 05 1935
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...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Day by day — A new chapter in pioneer history!

Date: 07 14 1935
Description: Newspaper article in The Milwaukee Journal on Arville Schaleben and his coverage as a reporter/photographer on the colonists moving from Wisconsin a...
Photograph

Boarding Train

Date: 1935
Description: People on railroad platform boarding a train.
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Families Leaving from Colony

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward. Otto Fisher family shown in...
Photograph

Families Leaving from Colony

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward."

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