View of a United States 48 star flag hanging from the Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska, with a 49th star pinned on to celebrate statehood. From verso: "Federal Bldg. 2:30 p.m. June 30, 1958. Statehood Bill just signed. The 49th star. 4th Ave. F...
Title taken from caption. View of American flag hanging from Federal Building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, with large 49th star symbolizing Alaskan statehood. 1958. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.
View of Fur Rendezvous Queen Rita Martin on fire truck ladder, accompanied by fireman, preparing to pin 49th star on 48-star United States flag draped over Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska, in celebration of statehood. June 30, 1958....
Fur Rendezvous Queen Rita Martin on fire truck ladder, accompanied by fireman, preparing to pin 49th star on 48-star United States flag draped over Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska, in celebration of statehood. From verso: "Statehood...
Delegation celebrates Alaska's Statehood by posing in front of a 49 star flag. Identified are Representative Ralph Rivers (far left), Ernest Gruening (beneath flag), Bob Bartlett (next to Gruening in light colored suit), Bob Atwood (holding flag),...
Title taken from verso. A color guard precedes a larger body of uniformed soldiers walking down a street in Anchorage. 4x5 contact print, 4x5 neg, 35mm slide
Title taken from verso. Anchorage 4th of July ceremony to raise the new flag for Alaska statehood. Also on photograph: July 4th Festival 1959. 5x4 contact print, 5x4 neg
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.