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Will Rogers in Alaska
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Caption with negative reads: "Rogers talking with Mrs. I.M. Sandvik, colonist from Moose Lake, Minn. In back of Rogers is Stewart Campbell, property custodian on the project." The back end of an airplane is in the background on the right.
August 15, 1935
Schaleben, Arville, 1907-1999
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Will Rogers
August 15, 1935
Caption with negative: "Rogers joshes with transients, asking, 'Any of you boys from Claremore?'" The airplane is in the background.
Will Rogers in Alaska
August 15, 1935
Will Rogers in an Alaskan pea field in Matanuska Valley.
Will Rogers in Passenger Seat of Airplane
August 15, 1935
Caption with negative reads: "Rogers in the front seat of the plane, waiting for the take-off. He left the valley with a wisecrack on his lips."
Will Rogers
August 15, 1935
Caption with negative: "Rogers and Post a few minutes after landing." Another man is standing in the background on the left.
Mrs. Agnes Sandvik
1935
Original caption reads: "Mrs. Agnes Sandvik (and children) a leader in the colony, both in early protest and early and subsequent progress. Caption with negative reads: Mrs. I.M. Sandvik of Moose L...
Will Rogers
August 15, 1935
Will Rogers in foreground, with two men standing behind him on the right, and the airplane in the background. Caption with negative: "Rogers alighting from the plane, He is greeted by officials (Co...
