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Statehood celebration, Anchorage, 1958

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View of Fur Rendezvous Queen Rita Martin on fire truck ladder, pinning 49th star on 48-star flag draped over the Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska, in celebration of statehood. From verso: "June 30, 1958. Pinning 49th star on flag by Queen Rita. Statehood celebration Anchorage, Alaska." June 30, 1958. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5".

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