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B1989.016.1265.2
P-463. Hewitt's Photo (Vegetables, Colony Produce, Palmer) [potatoes, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.184
Matanuska Colony home. Hewitt's Photo, 138.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2139.20
(Neg for cards #30) [Matanuska Colony barn]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.658.5
35. Colonials from Wisconsin stop over at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Matanuska Colony settlers at Alaska Railroad depot]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.660.2
74. Home at Colony Project, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [log cabin house at Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1099.3
P-152. Hewitt's [interior of workshop at Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1555.2
[still life with vegetables and flowers, Palmer or Matanuska Colony?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1601.10
174. The Colonial home, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [wood frame house in clear cut area, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.39
80. Supplies for the Colony, Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [stack of cartons of rolls of metal, Type Reynolds Metallation, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1987.056.195
[Sitka sign, Community Grindstone used by the Russian Colony in 1830]
Keywords: Russian America
Collection: B1987.056 W_T_ Roberts Album Collection
B1989.016.185
Matanuska Colony farm. Hewitt's Photo, 137. [cf. .183]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1099.2
P-150. Hewitt's [work table and tools in workshop at Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1112.5
P-388. 8/31/36. Hewitt's Photo Shop [cabins, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.18
[man in suit standing in field next to hay stack, Matanuska Colony?]
Keywords: agriculture, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2142.10
P-538C, 9/22/36 (Mr. Jacobs) [portrait of man, Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2142.8
P-538, 9/22/36 (Mr. Jacobs) [portrait of man, Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2142.9
P-538B, 9/22/36 (Mr. Jacobs) [portrait of man, Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2249.1
[homestead with barn, stable, house, trees, mountains in background, Matanuska Colony?]
Keywords: agriculture, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.659.2
[tent city and train tracks at Matanuska Colony site, cf. 659.1]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.023.080
[Central School - Matanuska Colony Community Center (verify name), Palmer]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.1265.1
175. Colony product, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [cabbage]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1601.5
111. Power House, Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: power generation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1607
(Early Palmer Hospital) [walled tent with sign "Keep Off the Grass", Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2249.2
[two goats atop compost pile next to log barn, Matanuska Colony?]
Keywords: agriculture, houses, animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.988.2
P-311. Hewitt's [woman and two boys in cabbage field, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1108.17
P-84. Hewitt's (Homes in early Palmer) [wood frame house, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1108.19
P-88. Hewitt's (Homes in early Palmer) [wood frame house, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1265.4
P-477. Hewitt's Photo (Vegetables, Colony Produce, Palmer) [still life with vegetables]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1533.5
140. Fields at Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [hay stacks, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2115
(Palmer High School) [school building with snow-dusted mountains in background, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.660.10
100. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [log cabin home at Palmer, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.660.14
99. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [wooden frame home at Palmer, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.660.4
98. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [log cabin home at Palmer, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.660.5
68. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [wooden frame homes at Palmer, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.660.7
69. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [wooden frame homes at Palmer, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.661.1
53. A Colony road. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [road near Palmer in summer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1986.004.701
Corporation hay field [hay stacks in field; lumber and fence in foreground; 1935 Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1986.004 Odsather Collection
B1989.016.1108.16
P-83. Hewitt's (Homes in early Palmer) [log and wood frame home, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1163.5
(Hay on Truck, Palmer) [Dodge truck loaded with hay bales on weigh station, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1533.2
128. Hay fields, Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [hay stacks, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1567.3
P-148. Hewitt's (Early Scenes, Palmer) [work bench with tools in shop, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1601.7
118. Palmer Homes. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [log cabin in trees, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.28
54. Water supply, Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [water tower, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.660.1
39. Palmer architecture. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [log building, home in the Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2001.042.34
(G3-2487-2NDX5-18-41) Matanuska Valley, Alaska. [identified as Matanuska Colony offices]
Collection: B2001.042
B2006.023.5483.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Golden grain and Colony farm. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5483
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Golden grain and Colony farm. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.1061.2
P-299. Hewitt's [homestead with garden, wood pile, wood frame house and outbuilding, Palmer/Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1108.13
P-80. Hewitt's (Homes in early Palmer) [wood frame house with small greenhouse, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1108.15
P-82. Hewitt's (Homes in early Palmer) [wood frame house under construction, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection