Title taken from front. View of main street, Palmer, Alaska, with buildings and cars. Businesses shown include Bert's, Palmer Cocktail Bar, and Greyhound Stage Depot. From verso: "This car's license is 1941." 1941. Original photograph size: 7 1/2"...
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...
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".
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads: "Grotto Lunker parade for Midsummer Festival; June 1973". View of a police officer and police car with the color guard of the Grotto Lunker parade in Palmer, Alaska. Logo on side of car reads: "Palmer...
View of group of men sitting on log at road camp where Almer J. Peterson stayed in Palmer, Alaska, with tents and building in background. From verso: "May, Palmer, Alaska (193-). Road camp where I staid [sic] for 8 days." From caption: "Road camp...
View of Talkeetna Mountains as seen from Palmer, Alaska looking northwest, with buildings visible in foreground. From verso: "Palmer, Alaska. 12/13/36. Scene from Palmer looking n[orth]w[est] towards Talkeetna M[oun]t[ain]s." Dec. 13, 1936....
Title taken from verso. View of kitchen in Valley Hospital in Palmer, Alaska. 1954. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4" x 4 3/4".
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...
1 mininute, 7 second, black & white/silent film clip. Images include freight train in Palmer, Palmer Depot, passenger cars, and passengers arriving via train.
Title taken from caption. "View showing the roadbed of the Government Railroad near Palmer in the Matanuska Valley. Between Matanuska and Palmer the land is flat and practically all of it has been settled upon by homesteaders. Many...
Players and spectators at a baseball game in Palmer. New Palmer school building and Chugach Mountains visible in background. Original photograph size: 5 x 7 inch.
Palmer street scene, 1941. View across a gravel road at automobiles parked outside business store fronts in Palmer. Signs on businesses (left to right): "Photo Shop", "Frisco House". Original photograph size: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch.
Title taken from image. A crowd is gathered around the base of a flagpole or monument in Palmer, watching the cornerstone being laid. A wheelbarrow is parked beside the man laying the cornerstone. On image: "P-548" and "Hewitts Photo Shop,...
Title taken from caption. The Queen of Palmer Day is seated on a throne, with four girls and a boy at her feet. A boy dressed in a suit is seated beside her. A large crowd looks on. "P-542-B Hewitts Photo Shop" written on photo. Original...
Title taken from image. Photo shows a crowd gathered outside the newly constructed Matanuska Valley Hospital for the dedication ceremony. Dr. Albrecht, medical director of the hospital, is at the front door. "P-546-B Hewitts Photo Shop" written...
Title taken from caption. View of three paintings by Benzie Ola (Rusty) Dow on display at the Palmer Library in Palmer, Alaska. Photo taken May 1972. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from caption. View of three paintings by Benzie Ola (Rusty) Dow on display at the Palmer Library in Palmer, Alaska. Mrs. Dow, the first woman truck driver to drive the Alaska Highway, is sitting in a wheelchair beneath a self portrait....