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Box PCA0270

 Container

Contains 1016 Results:

[Mrs. Elvi Kerttula with daughter Esther disembarking from train on arrival]

 Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-124
Scope and Contents

(no. 152)

Dates: 1935
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 270, Mary Nan Gamble Photograph Collection, 1935

Train holding first contingent colonists arriving in Palmer, May 10th [1935].

 Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-125
Scope and Contents

(no. 334)

Dates: 1935
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 270, Mary Nan Gamble Photograph Collection, 1935

Colonist mother [with baby] departing from train.

 Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-126
Scope and Contents

(no. 273)

Dates: 1935
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 270, Mary Nan Gamble Photograph Collection, 1935

Colonists leaving train.

 Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-127
Scope and Contents

[Men and boys walking along passenger car] (no. 272)

Dates: 1935
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 270, Mary Nan Gamble Photograph Collection, 1935

A baby in every arm. [PHOTO MISSING]

 Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-128
Content Description From the Collection: The collection includes the official photograph album of the Matanuska Colonization Project, 1935 by the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp., and miscellaneous views, giving both an official and personal perspective. Willis T. Geisman, official photographer for the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp. (A.R.R.C.), produced four or five unique photograph albums covering a period from April to October, 1935. They were dispersed to the A.R.R.C. office in Palmer, the Governor of Alaska, the Federal...
Dates: 1935
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 270, Mary Nan Gamble Photograph Collection, 1935

As the cameramen grind away, the new arrivals seek the location of their tents.

 Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-129
Scope and Contents

[Crowd near tents with train and lumber in background] (no. 45)

Dates: 1935
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 270, Mary Nan Gamble Photograph Collection, 1935

Colonists going to their tents.

 Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-130
Scope and Contents

(no. 271)

Dates: 1935
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 270, Mary Nan Gamble Photograph Collection, 1935

Wonder and smiles mingle in the faces of the colonists' mothers.

 Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-131
Scope and Contents

[Mrs. Jessie Cook (right) and oldest daughter(left)] (no. 274)

Dates: 1935
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 270, Mary Nan Gamble Photograph Collection, 1935

Mother with baby in arms waiting to find the location of their tents.

 Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-132
Scope and Contents

(no. 58)

Dates: 1935
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 270, Mary Nan Gamble Photograph Collection, 1935

Little Patsy, young colonist.

 Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-133
Scope and Contents

[Holding a box in front of a tent; young boy behind her] (no. 59)

Dates: 1935
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 270, Mary Nan Gamble Photograph Collection, 1935