Box PCA0270
Container
Contains 1016 Results:
Clearing operations in rear of Construction Camp.
Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-119
Scope and Contents
(no. 384)
Dates:
1935
Temporary headquarters of Construction Division, May 6th to May 31st [1935]. First car was the office, then staff sleeping quarters, dining room and remainder for the enrollees.
Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-120
Scope and Contents
[View along train] (no. 148)
Dates:
1935
Staff mess in diner belonging to the Alaska Railroad.
Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-121
Scope and Contents
[View of men seated around table] (no. 152)
Dates:
1935
Interior of temporary office.
Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-122
Scope and Contents
[View of converted train seats] (no. 153)
Dates:
1935
Temporary staff sleeping quarters.
Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-123
Scope and Contents
[View of converted train seats] (no. 153)
Dates:
1935
[Mrs. Elvi Kerttula with daughter Esther disembarking from train on arrival]
Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-124
Scope and Contents
(no. 152)
Dates:
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
Colonist mother [with baby] departing from train.
Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-126
Scope and Contents
(no. 273)
Dates:
1935
Colonists leaving train.
Item — Box: PCA0270
Identifier: PCA0270-127
Scope and Contents
[Men and boys walking along passenger car] (no. 272)
Dates:
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