Verso: Alaskan Congressional delegation members, Senator Ernest Gruening, left; and Representative Ralph J. Rivers, right, are shown with Alaska District Engineer, Colonel Christian Hanburger. They were part of a study group who visited Rampart...
Title from sleeve. Mildred Herman (back to camera, feathered hat) testifies before a congressional committee in Washington D.C. during the drive for statehood. Four committee members sit facing her at a table, with staffers in background. Group...
Accompanying new item: Alaska's governor, Mike Stepovich, and congressional advocates for statehood for the northern territory were jubilant Monday after Senate passage of the Alaskan statehood bill by vote of 64-20. Celebrating over a 49-star...
Title from sleeve. Robert E. Ellis sits on board the 'Ship of State' airplane en route to Washington D.C. during the drive for statehood. An unidentified man sits behind him, and another sleeps in the last row. Two women look out the windows and...