[Two scenes aboard the U.S.A.T. St. Mihiel: A group of men leaning over the railing, and a view through a life preserver framing people on the deck below] – Antique Wall Art
![[Two scenes aboard the U.S.A.T. St. Mihiel: A group of men leaning over the railing, and a view through a life preserver framing people on the deck below], [1935 May] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/53/5360c2dbaab5-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Two scenes aboard the U.S.A.T. St. Mihiel: A group of men leaning over the railing, and a view through a life preserver framing people on the deck below]
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Two views from the deck of the U.S.A.T. St. Mihiel show men crowded along the rail, and a second frame looks through a life preserver at the people below, both taken as the ship left San Francisco on May 1, 1935. The passengers were among the first rural rehabilitation colonists bound from northern Minnesota for the Matanuska Valley in Alaska, part of a New Deal effort to settle farm families on land in the territory. The voyage north along the Pacific coast was the first leg of a long move, ahead of the hard work of clearing ground and building homes in a valley that was then largely unsettled. The pictures capture the mood of departure, with the travelers looking back as the shore fell away.
| Created / published | [1935 May] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 photographic prints (1 page) : gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Gelatin silver prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Surrogate available as color laser copy in P&P Reading Room. In album: First rural rehabilitation colonists, Northern Minnesota to Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Sailed from San Francisco, May 1st, 1935; p. 5. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. |
| Subjects | Ships--American--California--San Francisco--1930-1940. Passengers--California--San Francisco--1930-1940. Life preservers--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,162 × 1,465 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217553 |
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