Audio file of a 45 RPM Phonographic Record of Alaska Flag Song. Total running time: 3 minutes, 49 seconds. Words by Marie Drake, music by Elinor Dusenbury. Original record issued by Royal Records, Douglas, Alaska, ca. 1940's-1950's. Visual elements...
This image shows Article VII of the constitution of the state of Alaska which provides free education to all children of the State by mandating public school system and state university system. The article also directs the legislature to provide...
View of Alaska Department of Highways sign with facts about Alaska posted on Alaska Highway, possibly near border between Alaska and Canada. Sign reads: "Alaska Department of Highways. Facts on Alaska. Alaska is twice as large as Texas, covering...
At the request of Governor George A. Parks, the Alaska Chapter of the American Legion conducted a contest among the Territory's school children to choose Alaska's Flag Design. Text on flag: Alaska seal.
At the request of Governor George A. Parks, the Alaska Chapter of the American Legion conducted a contest among the Territory's school children to choose Alaska's Flag Design.
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 by cataloguer. The man on the right is probably the widely acclaimed Jujiro Wada. He was a man of many trades and known all over Alaska and the Northwest Territories.
Further information was provided by Ron Inouye,...
Title by cataloguer. Description is taken from caption. The photograph was taken in Deering in 1942; the ages are approximate. (L-R): George Moto, Gilbert S. Karmun, 6 years, Harry Karmun, 4 years, Bessie Moto (grand-daughter), 4...
Title provided by cataloguer. This is a snap shot of five men seated on the ground. In the background, one can make out a large crowd; this event is probably a gathering for a whaling festival.
Title taken from inscription on building. Cataloguer's note: The Juneau laundry was completed in 1930. It was owned and operated by the Fukuyama Family.
Further information was provided by Ron Inouye, co-investigator on the Alaska's...
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 taken from verso. Verso: Fifty-five years of the history of Alaska's struggle toward self-government were recalled in Washington this week when Frank A. Waskey, right, called in 1906 as Alaska's first delegate in congress following...
The highly anticipated "Vital Signs" television series launches on Alaska One and KUAC-TV. Alaska has been a leader in delivering high quality health care to its citizen, especially in rural and remote locations. Alaska's health professionals...
Verso: Alaska's William Randolph Hearst Scholars--Senator Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska) congratulates (left), Loren Leman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Leman of Ninilchik and Tom Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Anderson of Anchorage who were chosen...
Caption: President Elect John F. Kennedy poses at the door of his Georgetown home with Alaska's two Senators: E. L. Bartlett, center, and Ernest Gruening, right, after a visit.
Title from verso. Photograph of an oil drilling family and some equipment.
Verso reads: "They drill Alaska's oil wells. The man in the middle is Tom White The Sourdough driller. He drilled the first oil well in Alaska. The woman is...