Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2013.35.007
Accession#:
2013.35
Credit Line:
Donated by Juneau's 50th Anniversary Statehood Celebration Committee.
Object Name:
Postcard
Title:
4th of July 2009 Flag Raising Postcard Invitation
Photographer:
Juneau's 50th Anniversary of Statehood Committee
Place:
Juneau, Alaska
Date:
07/04/2009
Description:
Postcard. Front of the postcard has a mountainous landscape with a log cabin on the bank of a waterway. The mountains have snow on their peaks. In the foreground is a flag on a pole. The flag is the Alaskan state flag. It is blue with gold stars (the big dipper and north star) and gold fringe. Typed text to the proper right of the pole's base reads "B. McAlister". Text filling the space below the flag in the lower proper left corner reads: "ALASKA'S FLAG \ Eight stars of gold on a field of blue \ Alaska's flag. May it mean to you \ The blue of the sea, the evening sky, \ The mountain lakes and the flow'rs nearby, \ The gold of the early sourdough's dream, \ The precious gold of the hills and the streams, \ The brilliant stars in the northern sky, \ The Bear — the Dipper — and shining high \ The great North Star with its steady light, \ Over land and sea a beacon bright \ Alaska's flag to Alaskans dear, \ The simple flag of a last frontier. \ — Marie Drake".
Verso has black text and logos on the proper left side. The logos are for the Juneau—Douglas City Museum and the 50th Anniversary of Alaska Statehood Celebrations. The text reads: "Please join us... \ 50th Anniversary of Alaska \ Statehood Celebration \ July 4th Flag Raising \ Saturday, July 4th, 9:00am \ Juneau—Douglas City Museum \ at the corner of 4th & Main St. \ Reception directly following \ Please bring this invitation with you to \ the event and join us in singing the \ Alaska Flag Song. \ www.juneau.org/parkrec/museum \ 907—586—3572 \ The Juneau—Douglas City Museum is a facility of the City \ & Borough of Juneau's Parks & Recreation Department \ "Alaska's Flag" watercolor by B. McAlister c. 1940 \ Alaska's flag song poem by Marie Drake, 1929. JDCM 92.02.001". In the upper proper right corner is a black square surrounding black text reading: "PRST. STD. \ U.S. POSTAGE \ PAID \ JUNEAU, AK \ PERMIT #61".
Verso has black text and logos on the proper left side. The logos are for the Juneau—Douglas City Museum and the 50th Anniversary of Alaska Statehood Celebrations. The text reads: "Please join us... \ 50th Anniversary of Alaska \ Statehood Celebration \ July 4th Flag Raising \ Saturday, July 4th, 9:00am \ Juneau—Douglas City Museum \ at the corner of 4th & Main St. \ Reception directly following \ Please bring this invitation with you to \ the event and join us in singing the \ Alaska Flag Song. \ www.juneau.org/parkrec/museum \ 907—586—3572 \ The Juneau—Douglas City Museum is a facility of the City \ & Borough of Juneau's Parks & Recreation Department \ "Alaska's Flag" watercolor by B. McAlister c. 1940 \ Alaska's flag song poem by Marie Drake, 1929. JDCM 92.02.001". In the upper proper right corner is a black square surrounding black text reading: "PRST. STD. \ U.S. POSTAGE \ PAID \ JUNEAU, AK \ PERMIT #61".
People:
Drake, Marie
McAlister, B.
McAlister, B.
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