Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "'Commissary supplies are adequate,' said Purchasing agent Ed Cronin (extreme left) of the corporation for the news reel (march of ... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Newsreel men re-enact the colony land drawing (or lottery)." |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Left to right, Daniel E. McGrath, special U.S. Asst. Atty. Gen. Sent to colony to set up law enforcement; Mrs. S.R. Fuller, Jr.; S... |
Date: | 08 02 1935 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Joe Puhl of Rice Lake, Wis., and several colonist neighbors banded together to build their own cottages. They finished Puhl's firs... |
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: | Art in front of Palmer Museum of History and Art, depicting a 1930s truck farmer and her dog. |
Date: | 06 2019 |
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Description: | Framed referendum signed by citizens of Palmer, Alaska. The referendum was passed in 1958. The document is on display in the local history room of the Palm... |
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: | Palmer tribute statue outdoors. The statue is based on the 1935 color photograph of the George and Edith Conners family. Mountains are 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. |
Date: | |
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Description: | In 1935, 202 families from the northern regions of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota were selected for this resettlement project, located near Palmer, Ala... |
Date: | 1931 |
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Description: | Back cover of an advertisement sheet, with a front page that reads: "International Harvester and the Romance Of Transportation. The color illustra... |
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