With arrival of the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation colonists in 1935, the school needed to expand; seven buses bring school children in from surrounding valley
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, 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...
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...
Photograph of the steam ship "St. Mihiel" on the water, smoke plume coming out of its funnel. On image: "A.A.R.C. 88". The Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation brought immigrants to Alaska as part of its Matanuska Valley Colonization Project....
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...
Two men stand beside an automobile parked outside a log cabin in Palmer. Jack Scott's truck at left (Jack M. Scott was Rusty Dow's father). The tents in the background are part of the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Matanuska Valley...
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. 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."...
Group photo of Henry Rossiter, Campbell (supply foreman), and Almer J. Peterson standing together at building construction site in Palmer, Alaska, during Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colonization Project. From verso:...
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:...