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...
Accompanying new item: Alaska's three prospective congressmen, shown with optimistic car sticker, are (from left), Senator-elect Ernest Gruening, Representative-elect Ralph Rivers, and Senator-elect William Egan. The women are Mrs. Rivers (left)...
The Centennial Commission poses with a painting of the new museum building; on the right: Senator Ernest Gruening, Representative Ralph Rivers, Senator E. L. "Bob" Bartlett, and Senator Daniel Inouye (D) Hawaii; on the left (left to right), the...
Caption: Proclamation - Gov. Mike Stepovich signs the proclamation setting the dates for Alaska's first state elections. Looking on and ready to attest the Governor's signature is Secretary of Alaska Waino E. Hendrickson. - Office of the Governor...
J.S. "Skip" MacKinnon speaks from the podium; behind him, uniformed men hold the U.S. and Alaskan flags while others on stage hold their hands over their hearts
Hand-tinted, creased and torn, panorama Four [Model T touring] cars are shown in profile with the Mendenhall Glacier in background; number 183 on photo is the number for Miller's Taxi on Front Street