Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
88.37.003
Accession#:
88.37
Credit Line:
Donated by Trevor and Carol Davis.
Object Name:
Flag
Title:
Framed Alaska's Flag w/ B. Benson Signature
Date:
1928
Description:
Framed dark blue flag with yellow stars of Big Dipper and North Star. Designer's name imprinted in cursive, gold paint.
Inscription: Benny Benson
Notes:
Trevor was on the Final Awards Committee to select the Alaska Territorial flag design in 1927. The winner of the contest, put on by the American Legion, was Benny Benson, a 13 year old seventh grade student at the Territorial School at Seward, residing in Jesse Lee Mission Home. "At one point in our deliberations," said Trevor Davis, "we almost voted to select a polar bear on an ice—cake. But one of the ladies, another gentleman and myself protested so strongly on the grounds that it was not representative of all of Alaska, that a second vote was taken and the flag we have now was chosen." Committee members probably each received 1 of these small framed flags. See "Alaska's Flag" by C.B. Davis.
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