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Arville Schaleben at Prudhoe Bay Field

Date: 1970
Description: Milwaukee Journal reporter and editor Arville Schaleben standing outdoors at Arco-Humble, Prudhoe Bay Field.
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Arville Schaleben at the Matanuska 50th Anniversary

Date: 06 09 1985
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...
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Final Lottery

Date: 05 23 1935
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...
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Arville Schaleben

Date: 1970
Description: Arville Schaleben, of the Milwaukee Journal, in Alaska.
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Col. O.F. Ohlson and Don Irwin

Date: 05 23 1935
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 ...
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Drilling Well at Camp 8

Date: 1935
Description: Two men working at a well at Camp 8.
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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...
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Marceline Venne, Betty and Fritz Hermon

Date: 1935
Description: Marceline Venne, Betty and Fritz Hermon standing outdoors in front of a wire fence. There is a log building in the background.
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Cows Corralled Before Milking

Date: 05 31 1935
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 ...
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Man with Dairy Cow

Date: 1935
Description: A man is standing outdoors holding the rope halter to a cow. He has a matchstick in his mouth.
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Arville Schaleben Standing Near Construction

Date: 07 1935
Description: Arville Schaleben, with a camera case strung over his shoulders and a mosquito net on his hat is standing near workers who are constructing a log building....
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Making a Stoneboat for Hauling Water

Date: 1935
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...
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Caterpillar Tractor

Date: 1935
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...
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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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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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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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Will Rogers in Alaska

Date: 08 15 1935
Description: Caption with negative reads: "Rogers talking with Mrs. I.M. Sandvik, colonist from Moose Lake, Minn. In back of Rogers is Stewart Campbell, property custod...
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Will Rogers in Passenger Seat of Airplane

Date: 08 15 1935
Description: Caption with negative reads: "Rogers in the front seat of the plane, waiting for the take-off. He left the valley with a wisecrack on his lips."
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Will Rogers

Date: 08 15 1935
Description: Will Rogers in foreground, with two men standing behind him on the right, and the airplane in the background. Caption with negative: "Rogers alighting from...

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