62 second, black & white/silent film clip, of the business district in Palmer, Alaska. Shown in this film clip are Sally's Cafe, Koslosky's General Store, Valley City Cafe, the post office and barbershop. A man pumps gasoline into an...
65 second, black & white/silent, film clip of a small town newspaper being produced. According to the sign hanging on the building, Jack Allman was the editor and publisher. Possibly this is him in the clip. A man types and then makes copies of...
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.
67 second, black & white/silent, film clip of people shopping at the trading post in Palmer. It looks as if a man is getting paid in tokens or bingles.
70 second, black & white/silent film clip of the 1935-1936 Fairbanks Ice Carnival parade. Floats and their sponsors include: a basketball team in their bus, Waechter Brothers Meat Co., Creamers Dairy, what looks like a horse drawn coach, a dog...
75 second film clip, black & white/silent of medical professionals using an x-ray, apparently photographing the leg of a small child. A nurse is working with an autoclave.
81 second film clip, black & white/silent, showing a thermometer reading 48 degrees below zero, and scenes of Fairbanks in winter. Scenes are from rooftops and elevated perspectives showing downtown's 1st and 2nd avenue, Cushman Street and the...
One minute, 42 second, black & white/silent, film clip of scenes aboard a steamship. Also seen are fog, ocean, a light house, passengers and crew, people playing shuffleboard, and another ship filmed through a port hole.
One minute, black & white, silent film clip of campus life at Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines. Clip starts with a train at the Fairbanks rail depot. People are loading baggage into a pickup truck. ARR engine no. 1 figures...
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Knik River in Matanuska Valley, Alaska, with Knik Glacier in far background. Wing of airplane partially visible at top left. Also from verso: "In the far background, Knik Glacier. Air view." 1935-1936....
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.
View of school and gymnasium under construction in Palmer, Alaska, with truck and lumber in front of building and people at left. 1935-1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.