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....
View of colt raised by Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colonization Project colonists in Matanuska Valley, Alaska. From verso: "One of first colts raised by colonists." 1935-1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
Title taken from verso. Matanuska Valley colonists disembarking from Alaska Railroad locomotive, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. May 10, 1935. n.d. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
A railroad car of the Tanana Valley Railroad stands in flood water in front of the railroad station in Fairbanks. A sign above the door to the stations reads "Ticket Office." The finding aid and other related photographs...
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.
Title taken from caption. "Tanana Valley R. R. Trains at Fox, Alaska. Hand colored." Business signs visible include: "Chesley & Ryan General Merchandise, Miners Supplies - Steam Fitting" and "P.C.S.Co Market".
Title taken from caption. Caption reads: "Matanuska Valley farm buildings; winter, spring 1980". View of a barn housing a farmers' market in the Matanuska River Valley, Alaska. The sign on the building reads: "Valley Farm Market". Photograph taken...
Title taken from verso. View of Matanuska Valley colonists lining up to draw for their forty acre farmland in Palmer, Alaska. Child stands at left and dog stands in line with farmers at right. Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation brought...
Title taken from verso. View of farmers preparing to draw for their forty acre farms in Palmer, Alaska, during Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Manatuska Valley Colonization Project. Men in far background are (left to right) Colonel O.F....
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Palmer, Alaska in Matanuska Valley, with Knik River in background. Lakes and white tents of Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley colonists are visible near butte. Part of airplane wing...
Aerial view of Matanuska Valley, Alaska, with road at right and Talkeetna Mountains in background. From verso: "Aug. 18th, 1935. Talkeetna M[oun]t[ain]s in the distance, famous Matanuska Valley." Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
Title taken from verso. View of Matanuska Valley colonists lining up to draw for their forty acres of farmland in Palmer, Alaska, with tents at right. Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation brought families to Alaska for Matanuska Valley...
View of damaged Alaska Railroad tracks and bridge by the Whittier tunnel in Bear Valley, Alaska, with several men standing to the side of the damaged area. From caption: "Bear Valley tunnel and bridge. Bridge blown out March 1946." March 1946....
Title taken from caption. View of two people leaning against an elaborate gate leading to a Matanuska Valley farm. Moose antlers are hung from the cross poles of the gate. A planted field lies between the fence and the barn to the left rear of...
Title taken from label on matting. View of sheep grazing on farm in Matanuska Valley, Alaska, with farm buildings in left background. Also from label: "Post-war plans of the Department of the Interior include the development of suitable farming and...
Interior view of waiting room at Valley Hospital in Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Palmer Valley Hospital." 1954. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4 1/8" x 5".