Designs submitted by school children for Alaska's flag, 1927.

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Designs submitted by school children for Alaska's flag, 1927.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42926613

Includes 142 hand-drawn flag designs as contest entries.

1 box (0.4 linear ft.)

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7487203

Alaska State Library

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