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Arville Schaleben Drinking from Spring
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Arville is crouching at the edge of a stream. He has a camera case over his shoulder. Self-portrait. Caption on print reads: "A self-photo. Correspondent Arville Schaleben of the Milwaukee Journal — refreshments out of a Matanuska stream in the founding summer of 1935."
1935
Schaleben, Arville, 1907-1999
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Will Rogers in Alaska
August 15, 1935
Will Rogers in an Alaskan pea field in Matanuska Valley.
Outdoor Portrait of Arville Schaleben
1935
Outdoor full-length portrait of Arville Schaleben.
Arville Schaleben Using Typewriter
May 23, 1935
Arville Schaleben using a typewriter in a tent. Caption with negative reads: "One-second exposure of myself inside out [sic] sleeping quarters and office."
Unloading a Cow from Railroad Car
May 1935
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."
