Return to: The Matanuska Valley Colony - In 1935, Americans were struggling through the worst economic depression in history. Residents of rural areas of the northern states were among the worst of sufferers.
Second contingent transients arriving at Palmer, May 7th [1935]
ASL-P270-082 Title taken from image. Transients alongside train. From the official album of the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Matanuska Colonization Project, 1935. Photographer's number 124.