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| 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: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Cabbage growing outdoors. Caption reads: "Anchorage, Alaska." |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Palmer State Fair Barn. |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Hayfield, with woods and the Chugach Mountains in the distance. |
| 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: | View across field towards an abandoned barn. |
| 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: | Palmer Railroad Depot Sign, that reads: "To Seward 156.8 M., Palmer Elevation 241 FT, to Fairbanks 325.7 M." |
| 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: | Gerry Keelingand holding cooperative tokens issued by the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, the governing body of the Matanuska Valley Colony, found... |
| 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: | The Palmer Water Tower is towering above low buildings in the foreground, with snow-capped mountains in the distance. |
| 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: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One image under the headline: "Dissatisfied Transients Quit in Alaska." Original caption reads: "Dissatisfaction at the Matanuska colonization project in A... |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | Fresh Starts Farms LLC Greenhouse sign on the flatbed of a truck parked in a field. |
| Date: | 06 03 1935 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Harold Davis, who had bad experience in Alaska and became influential as a colonist among the pioneers." He is standing outdoors, ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of tent camp, with Chugach mountains in background. |
| 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. |
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