Photograph of Ernest Gruening being sworn into office by Judge Si Helenthal, with Mike Monagle admistering. Governor Troy is seated to the right. Identification taken from UAF-1969-95-489.
Title from accompanying clipping: Being sworn in as first Director of Aviation for Territory of Alaska, July 7, 1949 [is George (Tony) Schwamm; others in photo are, left to right: Lew Williams, Sec. of State; Gov. Gruening; Wm Hixson,...
Photograph of Judge Dimond administering an oath. Additional information has since been supplied by the Alaska State Court Library in Anchorage, Alaska [July 27, 2004]. "We have a similar photo in our collection, taken just before or just...
Ocha Potter, age 20. "In the early spring of 1898 came rumors of war with Spain. Soon war was declared. My father and grandfather had been Civil War veterans. An earlier ancestor had been an officer with George Washington's staff. Another had...