Title taken from caption on postcard. Postcard of the 49 star flag. Postcard may have been printed by the Pan American Airways since the jet visible above the flag is a Pan American jet.
Editorial cartoon commenting on the problems with gaining statehood for Alaska in the 1920's. [Reportedly drawn while Jessen was in Cordova, not as part of Jessen's Weekly. Caption reads "Cordova - Alaska .22".]
Political cartoon depicting Alaska being carved up by business and governmental interests. [Reportedly drawn while Jessen was in Cordova, not as part of Jessen's Weekly. Caption reads "Cordova - Alaska .22".]
Political cartoon depicting strings attached to Alaska by federal bureaus and anchored to the Capitol Building in Washington D. C. [Reportedly drawn while Jessen was in Cordova, not as part of Jessen's Weekly. Caption reads "Cordova - Alaska...
Title from verso. Verso: Jumping For Joy-When the news of statehood reached the arctic village of Kotzebue, the town started jumping. Here pretty Laura Mae Beltz goes aloft, via walrus hide blanket toss, carrying a flag that will soon have a...
Verso: Aloha, Hawaii--Congratulations are extended to the newly-elected Senator Oren Long and Rep. Daniel Inouye by (from l. to r.): Sen. Ernest Gruening (Alaska); Senator Long, himself; former Deleg. John Burns (Hawaii); Rep. Inouye, himself; Sen....
Title taken from caption. Group photograph of people attending the statehood ceremony for the inclusion of Hawaii as the 50th state at Punchbowl Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii. Identified people in the front row are left to right: Mrs Lorrin P....
1957 Political cartoon of the head of a person who appears to be Adlai Stevenson fishing to make Alaska and Hawaii the 49th and 50th states. The U.S. Capitol Building is in the background with a fisherman holding a fishing rod with the state of...
Caption: "Governor Bill Quinn accepts the Alaska State Flag from Alaska's Senator Ernest Gruening while Senator Gruening visits Hawaii on a trip to help with Hawaiian Statehood." The man on the left resembles, but is not, Ernest Gruening.
Verso: Statehood hearing before Senate Committee on (Interior & Indian?). Secretary Oscar Chapman testifying. In rear at left Gov. Earl Warren; at right Senators Corden, Ore.; Butler, Neb.; Anderson N. M.
Delegation celebrates Alaska's Statehood by posing in front of a 49 star flag. Identified are Representative Ralph Rivers (far left), Ernest Gruening (beneath flag), Bob Bartlett (next to Gruening in light colored suit), Bob Atwood (holding flag),...
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, probably signing the Alaska Statehood, (seated center) with Vice-president Richard M. Nixon (seated left) and the Alaska delegation behind. Alaska delegation includes left to right Ralph Rivers, Ernest Gruening and...
Military officer holds out a 49 star flag with notable politicians surrounding. Identified are Vice-president Richard M. Nixon on far left, Bob Bartlett left of flag holder, President Dwight Eisenhower under the flag, and Ralph Rivers left of...
Photograph with the caption: Truman Congratulates Newcomer--former President Harry S. Truman congratulates a new Senator form the nations's newest state-- Ernest Gruening, of Alaska, at the Capitol, January 7, 1959. Truman, A former Senator...
Photograph with verso caption: "Alaska Statehood backers jubilant-Members of the U. S. Congress who led the fight to make Alaska the 49th state of the Union join with Alaska's Govenor and Congressmen elect in celebrating the final passage of...
Color photograph taken at the Anchorage International Airport, July 15, 1958, showing: Dick Kennard, President of C of C; Bill Sanders, American Legion; Joe Hong, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Bob Atwood, Anchorage Times, Statehood Commission; Anton...