View of the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colonization Project tent camp in Palmer. A man stands outside one of the tents; mountains visible in the background. Original photograph size: 5 x 7 inch.
View of an Alaska Rural Reconstruction Corporation (ARRC) building site in Palmer, 1935. Construction workers are engaged in various tasks around the site; the foundation of the wooden building is in place. This construction was part of the ARRC...
Portrait of Janet Sherrod (foreground) standing on the dock in Seward in front of the North Star, a ship that brought Matanuska Valley Colony settlers from Seattle to Alaska. Several people are standing on the dock and on the gangplank to the...
Title taken from caption. Photo shows two long rows of tents, separated by a road. Wood stove pipes can be seen coming out of the rear of the tents on the right. This tent camp was set up to house the Alaska Rural Reconstruction Corporation...
Title taken from verso. From finding aid: "Looking Toward Little Butte." View of a snow covered farmhouse and dutch style barn located in a clearing. Snow covered peaks in the background. Photographic postcard; postcard size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2.
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....
Almer J. Peterson standing next to wash tub and washboard doing laundry in Palmer (known earlier as Warton), Alaska, with buildings in background. Buildings are at Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony. From verso:...
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...
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 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....
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:...
View of hay drying equipment on A.A. Shoenback farm at Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony in Palmer, Alaska. Richard O. Amundsen stands at right of truck loaded with hay pulled up to drying shed. From verso: "Sept....
Title taken from verso. Almer J. Peterson stands next to drying hay on farm in Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colony in Palmer, Alaska. Also from verso: "Sept. 22, 1935. Palmer, Alaska."
Title taken from verso. Richard O. Amundsen stands next to drying crops in oat and barley field in Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colony, Palmer, Alaska. Horses are visible in background. Also from verso: "Sept. 22, 1935....
Almer J. Peterson, carpenter for Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colonization Project, standing in front of his law office in Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Palmer, Alaska. Sept. 22, 1935. Carpenter, lawyer & druggist. Oldest...
Title taken from verso. View of Matanuska Valley colonists lining up to draw for their forty acres of farmland in Palmer, Alaska, with tents at right. Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation brought families to Alaska for Matanuska Valley...