Clarence Sjodin
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Clarence Sjodin stands in front of his barn and chicken house on his Colony farm.
Image is of Clarence Sjodin standing in front of his barn and chicken house on his Colony farm.
Colony Barns 2
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View of the front of the Sjodin Colony barn with the Dutch door open and the lower hay mow door open.
A brown-tinted image of the front of the typical Colony barn on the Sjodin farm.
Palmer, Alaska
Colony Farm 28
Clarence Sjodin
"Jr." Sjodin and his dog stand in the snow on the Sjodin farmstead with the Colony barn and chicken coop behind.
Image shows "Jr." Sjodin and his dog in a winter scene in the Sjodin farmstead with the barn and chicken coop behind.
Palmer, Alaska
Colony Farm 29
Clarence Sjodin
A single-story log house is in foreground with a typical Colony barn beyond. An automobile is partly visible parked behind the house.
Image shows a log Colony house in foreground and typical Colony barn behind. A four-door sedan is partly visible parked behind the house.
Palmer, Alaska
Colony Farms 2
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The Sjodin Colony farmstead on Scott Road is shown in foreground at left, the Hesse Colony farmhouse is at right. Buildings of the Puhl and Ekert Colony families are visible in mid-background beyond.
Image is of four Colony farms located along Scott Road on the north side of Palmer. Shown in foreground is the Sjodin farm on tract #98 with the Hesse buildings to the right and the Phuhl and Ekert farm buildings in mid-background.
Palmer, Alaska
Colony Home 30
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Four men stand in front of the partially constructed log home of the Charles Sjodin Colony family.
Image shows the Sjodin Colony log home under construction with four men doing the construction standing in front.
Palmer, Alaska
Colony Home 35
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Four men stand in front of a partially completed log house they have been building.
Four men stand in front of a partially completed log house. Colonist Clarence Sjodin is the third man from the left, the others are assumed to be "Transient" workers employed by the ARRC overseeing the Colony project. The Sjodin farm was located on tract #98 north of Palmer.
Palmer, Alaska
Colony Kids 4
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Colony kid, "Jr." Sjodin , sits on the porch of the tent serving as temporary family home while waiting for their permanent log home to be built on their land tract #98.
"Jr." Sjodin, sits on the porch of the tent that was the family home while waiting for their new home to be constructed on their land tract.
Palmer, Alaska
Firewood Harvest 2
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Three men and a small boy stand next to a fallen tree preparing to use the crosscut saw and double-bit axes in view to harvest firewood.
Image shows three men and a boy standing next to a fallen birch tree with a crosscut saw and double-bit axes preparing to harvest firewood. Clarence Sjodin stands at right with a small boy, probably "Jr" Sjodin.
Matanuska Valley, Alaska
Hauling Logs 1
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Two men are perched on top of logs chained on top of a tracked trailer with cliffs and spruce trees in background.
Image shows a tracked trailer loaded with logs and two men perched on top. Men are identified as Colonists Clarence Sjodin and Claude Hesse. Logs are identified as destined for construction of the Sjodin house. Cliffs topped with spruce trees are in the background.
Matanuska Valley, Alaska
Hunters 3
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Two men stand in front of a log hunting cabin.
Image shows two men, identified as Joe Puhl and Clarence Sjodin, standing in front of a log cabin in a sub-alpine setting.
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Men 1
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Two men on a "cat" tractor attached by a cable to a log. The Beylund Colony house is behind.
Two men, identified as Oscar Beylund and Clarence Sjodin, are shown sitting on a tractor pulling a log in front of the Beylund Colony house.
Palmer, Alaska
People 28
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Matanuska Colonists Clarence & Alice, with two small children, are shown aboard the U.S. Army Transport ship ST. MIHIEL
Colonists Clarence & Alice Sjodin with two small children are shown aboard the U.S. Army Transport Ship ST. MIHIEL on their way to Matanuska Valley in Alaska.
Aboard USAT St. Mihiel
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Virgil Eckert
Sourdough Club women assembled in cowgirl apparel and with stringed instruments
Image is of a group of women assembled as a Sourdough Club skit dressed in cowgirl apparel and some with stringed musical instruments.
Palmer, Alaska
Salmon Harvest 1
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Two men and two small boys stand in Sjodin's farmyard and display a large catch of salmon ready to be processed.
Two men, identified as Clarence Sjodin (L) and Claude Hesse (R), and two small boys, identified as "Jr. Sjodin (L) and Jimmy Hesse (R), display a large catch of salmon. A white horse is evident behind next to the forest.
Palmer, Alaska
Tent City 1
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Colonist Clarence Sjodin drives a two-horse team and wagon behind stacks of lumber and past white tents of "Tent City" which would become the city of Palmer.
Colonist Clarence Sjodin drives a team of horses and wagon behind stacks of lumber and past "Tent City" tents in Palmer.
Palmer, Alaska
Tractors 2
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Clarence Sjodin stands next to the ARRC tractor fleet in the Co-op compound beneath the water tower
Image shows Clarence Sjodin standing next to the ARRC tractor fleet in the Co-op compound beneath the water tower.
Palmer, Alaska
Tractors 3
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A line of ARRC tractors is shown parked in the Co-op compound
Image shows a line of ARRC tractors parked in the Co-op compound by the railroad track. Buildings associated with fuel handling and two waterline pump houses are visible.
Palmer, Alaska
