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Cabbage

Date: 1935
Description: Cabbage growing outdoors. Caption reads: "Anchorage, Alaska."
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Palmer State Fair Barn

Date: 06 2019
Description: Palmer State Fair 1930s-era barn.
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Palmer State Fair Barn

Date: 06 2019
Description: Exterior view of the Palmer State Fair Barn.
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Palmer Pioneer Cemetery

Date: 06 2019
Description: Front gate of the Palmer Pioneer Cemetery. There are mountains in the distance.
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Tents at Camp

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of tent camp, with Chugach mountains in background.
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Vegetable Farm

Date: 05 2019
Description: View of the vegetable garden at a vegetable farm outside of Palmer. There is a barn and a log structure in the background.
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Aerial View of Palmer

Date: 06 1935
Description: Aerial view of. Original caption on AP print reads: "Matanuska Valley, Alaska, Sept. 15--Twentieth Century Pioneers--Breaking a wilderness to the purposes ...
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Group Portrait

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor group portrait of men and women standing in front of a log building.
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Children's Bedroom at the Colony House Museum

Date: 06 2019
Description: A child's bedroom in Colony House Museum. A toy railroad on a braided rug is on the floor. Dolls, toy blocks, and a coloring book are also on display. A sh...
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Palmer Cooperative Building — Now Ale House

Date: 06 2019
Description: Crowd of people on a patio at the Alehouse in Palmer. The building used to be the part of the cooperative. The buildings of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Co...
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Reenactment of Colony Land Drawing

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Newsreel men re-enact the colony land drawing (or lottery)."
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Arville Schaleben Using Typewriter

Date: 05 23 1935
Description: Arville Schaleben using a typewriter in a tent. Caption with negative reads: "One-second exposure of myself inside out [sic] sleeping quarters and office."
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Matanuska Valley Colonists

Date: 05 1935
Description: One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "Intimate view of ...
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Palmer Presbyterian Church

Date: 06 2019
Description: View of the front of the Palmer Presbyterian Church. Two people are standing near the open doors. Constructed in 1937, the building is also known at the C...
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Arville Schaleben and Prof. Goodman

Date: 1935
Description: Arville Schaleben and Prof. Alpheus Mansfield Goodman talking in front of tent. Arville is holding a camera on his left arm.
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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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Palmer Presbyterian Church

Date: 06 2019
Description: Interior view of the church looking towards the altar.Constructed in 1937, the building is also known at the Church of a Thousand Trees. It is a rustic log...
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Camp #8

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "Wives of Alaskan Pioneers Kept Busy Sewing, Making Tent Homes Neat and Clean." Original caption reads: "... a row of...
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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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Boom City

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of trucks, mattresses, and tents. There is a sign that reads: "Valley City" In front of a group of tents. Caption reads: "Boom city - mattres...

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