Transient Worker Tents

Richard Estelle
Palmer Museum of History and Art
Open Finding Aid
Creator

Hewitts Photo Shop

Collection

Anton Anderson Collection

Time Period

1935

Description

Image shows a line of about twenty-five white personnel tents and other structures located parallel to the road and railroad tracks south of what is now the town of Palmer. This was the camp of transient workers performing much of the initial construction work associated with establishment of the Matanuska Colony.

Location

Palmer, Alaska

Type

Black & White Paper Print, 3-1/2" x 5-1/4"

ENTRY ID

Tents#1x-And

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