On this day in 1959, Alaska became the forty-ninth state
Alaska, nearly one-fifth the size of the rest of the United States evokes many images, ranging from pristine beauty to natural riches.
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On this day in 1959, Alaska became the forty-ninth state Alaska, nearly one-fifth the size of the rest of the United States evokes many images, ranging from pristine beauty to natural riches.
Pictured top: Skeet McAuley (born 1951), Alaska Pipeline,1990, Fujichrome print, 27 3/4 x 86 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Consolidated Natural Gas Company Foundation.
Pictured bottom: Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902), Alaskan Coast Range ,about 1889, oil , 13 7/8 x 29 3/8 in., Gift of Orrin Wickersham June.