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...
Title from original photograph album. Children line up at the chalkboard to draw in school in Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." ca. 1946-1955. Original photograph size: 3 1/3" x 3 1/3".
Title taken from album. Image shows a large number of tents set up in a camp in Fairbanks, Alaska. Two cars are parked outside the tents. 1949. Original photograph size: 3 1/3" x 4 1/2"
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Western slope of limestone mountain on the north bank of Joe Creek halfway between monuments 17 and 18. Strats are closely folded with steep dips many being vertical. July 7, 1912."...