Richard Amundsen (holding cat), Nels Evander, and Almer J. Peterson standing outside a log building in Palmer, Alaska, during employment as carpenters for Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colonization Project. Sign on...
Group of men (John Moore, Richard O. Amundsen, Almer J. Peterson, and unidentified man) standing next to airplane in Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Sept. 22, 1935. Palmer, Alaska. Left to right: John Moore, pilot. R.O. Amundson [sic], co-pilot. A.J....
Title taken from verso. Almer J. Peterson, at right, with Jimmy Harrison sitting on truck fender, in Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska. Also from verso: "Jimmy Harrison and Daddy." Aug. 18, 1935.
Title taken from verso. View of railroad cars and tents at Palmer, Alaska, as seen at 11 o'clock at night. Also from verso: "Very bright moon light. Tried to get the moon but did not." Aug. 17, 1935. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
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...
Almer J. Peterson standing in front of living quarters at Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony, Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Palmer, Alaska. May 16th. Where I now stay and eat." From caption: "Dad - where he boards and...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "10, July 1935." Maggie Prokopioff, a.k.a. "Rock of Ages", poses for a photograph in front of a barabara near Attu. She is wearing a checkered dress and knit cap. From May's journal, dated July 26th:...
Title taken from verso. View of haystacks in field, near Palmer, Matanuska Valley, Alaska, with buildings in background. Also from verso: "Tent city, Palmer, 1935. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1935. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x...
Title taken from caption in manuscript of C.A. Bryant. Verso: Pay fair value to Bert Bryant - Endorsed without recourse, Clarence L. Andrews, Feb 11, 1935.
As a fire rages on, businesses move their stock out into the street in Seward, Alaska. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
A fire truck sits in the middle of the street while a fireman holds a fire hose during a fire in Seward, Alaska. In background, spectators watch firemen fight the fire in a building at left. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of...
Title from verso. View of a man in a hat and overalls hoeing amidst rows of a leafy plant. The rows are planted in front of a large field lined by trees in the background. The caption suggests that the man is one of the farmers who came north...
45 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Robert & Marion Hall Collection." Film shows a Bellanca landing at Weeks Field in Fairbanks and a patient being unloaded from the plane in an awaiting ambulance owned by Dr. de...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows the view of a street in Fairbanks. Two street signs can be seen. One reads "Fairbanks Cigar Store" another on the other side of the street reads "Imperial Cigar Store".