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| Description: | A crowd gathers as a golden stake is driven as a part of a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Tanana Valley Railroad. Caption reads: "Driving Gold... |
| Date: | 07 04 |
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| Description: | A large crowd of people gather for a 4th of July celebration. Sign on building on the right side of the street reads: "Tanana." A large American flag is ha... |
| Date: | 07 04 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water towards a large crowd watching canoe races on the Fourth of July. Storefronts line the street behind the crowd. Business signs r... |
| Date: | 12 25 1907 |
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| Description: | A crowd poses with Santa Claus in front of Hall's Book Store during a Christmas celebration. Business signs read, (partially obscured): "National Bank." Ca... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd in a grandstand on the Fourth of July. The grandstand is decorated with flags and banners. Buildings of Fairbanks are in the backg... |
| Date: | 07 04 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Fourth of July street scene taken in front of Eagle's Hall. The Hall was built by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, a group founded in 1898... |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers on the pier and on the shore during a Fourth of July festival. Shops can be seen beyond the wharf. Published by Hall's Bookstore. |
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| Description: | Full-length outdoor portrait of an Esquimeaux (Eskimo) bride and groom. They are wearing native clothing made from cloth and animal skins and are standing ... |
| 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: | 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 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: | 07 04 1935 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Caption on back reads: "Gov. Parks. Colony day 1936. Ruth Dearmond behind him (right)." There is a child standing in the foreground, and many people are ga... |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | 50th anniversary plaque for 1935-1985 honoring the families from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota who migrated to Alaska. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Plaque on a rock in the cemetery, which was established in 1936. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Front gate of the Palmer Pioneer Cemetery. There are mountains in the distance. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Plaque for Michigan Colonist Families, outdoors on a rock, 1935-1985. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Plaque for Minnesota Colonist Families, outdoors on a rock, 1935-1985. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Plaque for Wisconsin Colonist Families, outdoors on a rock, 1935-1985. |
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