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 from image. Two men in parkas with staffs standing in snow. "Charlie McGonagall and Tom Lloyd of the All Allaskan Sourdough Expedition… at their 15,000-foot level camp on Mt. McKinley" per Jane Haigh's Denali Early Photographs of Our...
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.