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 farmer drawing his forty acre farm in Palmer, Alaska, during Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colonization Project. Also from verso: "5/23/35." May 23, 1935. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
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. 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."...
Jim Felton, postmaster, and Mr. Lawrence, partner in store, standing outside building in Palmer (previously called Warton), Alaska. Sign on building reads: "Warton Post Office and general store." From verso: "May 1935. Jim Felton. Postmaster to the...
Title taken from verso. View of Spencer Glacier on Kenai Peninsula as seen from train traveling between Seward and Anchorage, Alaska. 1935? Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
Richard O. Amundsen standing next to airplane in Palmer, Alaska. Lettering on airplane reads: "... Airways." From verso: "Sept. 22, 1935. Palmer, Alaska. R.O. Amundson [sic] before flight." Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
Title taken from verso. View of warehouse engulfed in flames in Palmer, Alaska. Fire extinguisher on dolly is visible in foreground and person stands at right. 1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 4 3/4".
Title taken from verso. Group of people watching warehouse fire in Palmer, Alaska, with two men on roof of building at left and another man in left foreground. Tent stands at left. 1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
Title taken from verso. View of warehouse fire in Palmer, Alaska. Spectators are visible in foreground and fire extinguisher on dolly is visible at left. 1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
Title taken from verso. View of warehouse fire in Palmer, Alaska, with spectators in center and on roof at left, and tent at right. 1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
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....
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 Knik Glacier near Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Sept. 22, 1935. Palmer, Alaska. Knik Glacier about 30 miles from here in view about 2500 miles [sic: feet] up." Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
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....
Aerial view of mountains and water in Matanuska Valley near Palmer, Alaska. From from verso: "July 1935. Palmer, Alaska." Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
Aerial view of mud flats on Knik River near Palmer in Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Part of airplane visible at top of photograph. From verso: "Sept. 22, 1935. Palmer, Alaska. Air view of mud flats of Knik River. River in background, Matanuska. About...
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:...