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...
Photograph of Benny Benson, the man who designed the Alaska State Flag, and E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, pose beneath the Alaska State Flag with a mounted bear. The stars on the state flag are aligned in the constellation "The Bear."
Title taken from verso. John "Benny" Benson (at left) presenting Miss Seafair with copy of book "Benny's Flag" by Phyllis Krasilovsky. Miss Seafair scholarship program for women was sponsored by Seafair annual community festival held in Seattle,...