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. Group of three 4H Club boys standing with horses at Palmer Fair, Palmer, Alaska, with building framework in background. Sept. 1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 1/8".
View of firemen marching in Fourth of July parade in Palmer, Alaska, with arrow pointing to Almer J. Peterson. Vehicles are parked along street and buildings and tents are in background. Truck at far right decorated as parade float. From verso:...
View of Northland Pioneer Grange #1 float on truck in Fourth of July parade, Palmer, Alaska. American flags fly from float, another truck follows at left, and spectators stand in background, while a child runs in foreground. From verso: "Palmer,...
View of gym, grade school, and high school under construction in Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Palmer, Alaska. 3 1936. Gym, grade, and high school." March 1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
View of trading post and administrative building in Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Palmer, Alaska. 3-1936. Trading post and administrative b[ui]ld[in]g." March 1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
Title taken from caption. View of post office and general merchandise store in Palmer (once known as Warton), Alaska, with shovel and wheelbarrow visible in front. Sign on building reads: "Post office and gen[eral] merchandise." From verso: "P[ost]...
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...
View of temporary construction at Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony in Palmer, Alaska, with Chugach Mountains in background. From verso: "Palmer. 1936 Nov. Last of temporary construction. Chugach Mountain[s] in...
Almer J. Peterson holding rifle, spruce hens, and ptarmigans after hunting, in Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Palmer. A[laska] R[ural] R[ehabilitation]. Oct. 1936. My limit in spruce hens and phtarmigans [sic]. Daddy."
A view across the parking lot to the front of the one-story church building in Palmer, Alaska. From caption: "Palmer, in the matanuska Valley. The Community Church." Original photograph size 4" x 4 3/4".
Title supplied by cataloger. Joe stands atop one of two trucks with dog boxes. Dog trucks have signs that read, 'Iditarod Team, Science Diet.' Fire Department vehicles follow. Spectators and lightpoles line street. Buildings in background. Original...
Title supplied by cataloger. Joe atop truck with sled. Dog Trucks. Dog truck has sign that reads, 'Iditarod Team, Science Diet.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. Dog Trucks. Line of cars participating in a parade. Spectators on the side of the road. Redington's dog trucks near center of photograph. Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. Dog Trucks. Truck sponsored by Science Diet and 'The Insolator,' winter boots that Redington developed specifically for Iditarod. Second truck, sponsored by Morrison Knudsen, in background. Original format: 35mm color...
Title supplied by cataloger. Dog Trucks. Joe Redington Sr. with a sled dog and dog sled standing on top of the dog truck with 'Science Diet' sign. Fire trucks following. Spectators line the street. Original format: 35mm color slide