66 second, black & white/silent, film clip of Matanuska Valley Colony farmers drawing for horses. Scenes include horses being off-loaded from a freight train and Matanuska Valley Colony farmers drawing for teams of horses.
(4:45 min.) (22 of 24) 22 Matanuska Colony project
Assisted in shipping the Matanuska Colony. Some stuck it out; others only lasted a few weeks. The company shipped everything: buildings, concrete, and people. Sewick worked for the Alaska...
Title taken from label on matting. View of hospital at Matanuska Colony, Palmer, Alaska, with truck parked at far right. Also from label: "Temp 74." Photographer's number 8121. Sept. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8"...
60 second, black & white/silent, film clip of Matanuska Valley Colony houses and tents at Palmer, Alaska. Scenes include a horse drawn wagon, an automobile, scenes of houses and tents at Palmer (including some under construction) and a train...
Portrait of Janet Sherrod (foreground) standing on the dock in Seward in front of the North Star, a ship that brought Matanuska Valley Colony settlers from Seattle to Alaska. Several people are standing on the dock and on the gangplank to the...
Title taken from verso. Richard O. Amundsen, carpenter for Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colony, washing clothes in Palmer (formerly known as Warton), Alaska, with log building in background. Also from verso: "May 26th 1935."...
Almer J. Peterson standing next to wash tub and washboard doing laundry in Palmer (known earlier as Warton), Alaska, with buildings in background. Buildings are at Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony. From verso:...
Aerial view of Matanuska Valley, Alaska, near Palmer, Alaska. Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colony homes and tents barely visible through trees. Part of airplane visible at top right. From verso: "Palmer, Alaska. 9/22/35....
Aerial view of Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colony homes and tents at Palmer, Alaska. Knik River is in distance. From verso: "Sept. 22, 1935. Palmer, Matanuska Valley. Air view 2500 feet up. Tent camp. 10 transient workers....
Title taken from verso. View of farmer mowing hay during first harvest for Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony in Palmer, Alaska. Building stands in background. Also from verso: "Sept. 22, 1935. Palmer." Photographer:...
View of hay drying equipment on A.A. Shoenback farm at Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony in Palmer, Alaska. Richard O. Amundsen stands at right of truck loaded with hay pulled up to drying shed. From verso: "Sept....
Title taken from verso. Almer J. Peterson stands next to drying hay on farm in Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colony in Palmer, Alaska. Also from verso: "Sept. 22, 1935. Palmer, Alaska."
Title taken from verso. Richard O. Amundsen stands next to drying crops in oat and barley field in Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colony, Palmer, Alaska. Horses are visible in background. Also from verso: "Sept. 22, 1935....
Title taken from caption. Reverend Bert J. Bingle stands near his living quarters at Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony, Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Palmer, Alaska. May 1935. Rev. Bingle, his living quarters, and...