Alaska Flag ’
Planted on Ground
Of C21 Exposition
SEATTLE UP> — The Alaska
flag was planted in Arctic tun
dra on the grounds of the Seattle
World’s Fair Thursday.
Gov. Wm. Egan of the 49th
State broke the ground for the
special building which will house
exhibits from Alaska.
Participating in the ceremony
was Maxwell Carlson, chairman
of the National Bank of Com
merce, which will finance con
struction of the $125,000 building
I in which will be allotted 3,000
square feet for Alaska.
The circular building will be
near the space needle. In the
new building will be a variety of
diorama displays depicting the
past, present and future of Alas
ka.
The building will feature a
domed roof with an Aurora
Borealis display.
“It is fitting,” said Gov. Egan
during the ceremony, “that the
State of Alaska be adequately
represented, as it will be, in a
World’s Fair that is devoted
largely to the future. Alaska is
a state of great future pros
pects. . .”
Gov. Egan and others partici
pating in the ceremony turned
shovelsful of Arctic soil, which
had been flown down for the
occasion from Point Barrow,
northernmost point in the United
States.
Thus, with the flag raising,
Alaska actually as well as sym
bolically became part of the
World’s Fair. y”
The Governor had approved
the state’s participation after re
ceiving favorable expression from
a majority in each House in the
Alaska Legislature to support ap
propriations up to $175,000 to fi
nance the state’s exhibit. Private
contributions will make up part
of the sum.
“We shall make every effort
to present to fair-goers an exhibit
that will adequately portray Alas
ka’s past, and explain the future
growth, prosperity and progress
which the 49th State has in store
for it,” Egan said.
“This is a tremendous oppor
tunity for Alaska to make a world
appearance — for Century 21 is
in every respect truly a World’s
Fair. We are proud to number
ourselves among the exhibitors.”
Gov. Egan also expressed
thanks to the building’s sponsor.
An oval emblem of the Nation
al Bank of Commerce was also
erected at the ground-breaking.
“Recalling the Alaska-Yukon
Pacific Exposition of 1909, it
seems especially fitting that the
State of Alaska should be repre
sented at the Fair,” Carlson said.
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