The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
View of flowers in flower competition at Alaska State Fair in Palmer, Alaska, with woman standing at left. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. 1970-1971? Photographer: William L. McNutt.