Skip to main content

click zoom to display a high-res image
Photographs

Boom City

Image

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 - mattresses wait for transportation."

Date Created:
1935
Creator:
Schaleben, Arville, 1907-1999

Publication Information

Creator
Schaleben, Arville, 1907-1999
Date Created
1935

Physical Description

Format
Image
Extent
1 photograph
Dimensions
10 x 7 cm

Collection Information

Copyright Information

Copyright Status
COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W0125HF
Legacy ID
WHi 144248

Image

Digital Collections

Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
 
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.

View Our Curated Collections

Attribution

For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier. 

The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.

For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.

 

 

Accessing Collections

The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.

Plan Your Visit

Photographs
Reenactment of Colony Land Drawing

Reenactment of Colony Land Drawing

1935

Original caption reads: "Newsreel men re-enact the colony land drawing (or lottery)."

View
Photographs
Families Leaving from Colony

Families Leaving from Colony

1935

Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward."

View
Photographs
Wiliam Geisman

Wiliam Geisman

1935

Original caption reads: "William Geisman of San Francisco is the official photographer on the project."

View
Photographs
Families Leaving from Colony

Families Leaving from Colony

1935

Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward. Otto Fisher family shown in negative six. Other negatives not exposed."

View
Photographs
Sawmill Breaks Down

Sawmill Breaks Down

1935

Original caption reads: "Building an empire? The sawmill breaks down and what a crowd of onlookers to 'supervise' repairs."

View
Photographs
Commissary Supplies are Adequate

Commissary Supplies are Adequate

1935

Original caption reads: "'Commissary supplies are adequate,' said Purchasing agent Ed Cronin (extreme left) of the corporation for the news reel (march of Time) cameramen."

View
Go to top
Wisconsin Historical Society
Search Dropdown