Title from accompanying notes "27 March. Milepost 0 on the Alcan; Hat, Hiro & Pete." Beginning of Alaska-Canada Highway at Dawson Creek. Three men stand under the milepost sign. Three flags are on the milepost, and roadside businesses and their...
Caption: "Governor Bill Quinn accepts the Alaska State Flag from Alaska's Senator Ernest Gruening while Senator Gruening visits Hawaii on a trip to help with Hawaiian Statehood." The man on the left resembles, but is not, Ernest Gruening.
Photograph of Benny Benson, the man who designed the Alaska State Flag, and E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, pose beneath the Alaska State Flag with a mounted bear. The stars on the state flag are aligned in the constellation "The Bear."
Color photograph of envelope with four "First Day of Issue," 7-cent U.S. Air Mail stamps, celebrating Alaska Statehood; Juneau, Alaska, January 8, 1959.
Large image of a 7 cent air mail stamp commemorating Alaska statehood. Stamp includes an outline of Alaska, portions of the state flag, and a drawing of mountains, probably Mt. McKinley. Reproduction in black and white from color original.