10/29/1958 - WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER - ALASKA STATEHOOD EDITION - ORIGINAL - 70 PGS

Description

Item up for sale is the original and complete October 29th, 1958, edition of the Seattle Post Intelligencer, a Washington State Daily newspaper; this original and complete ( 70 page edition, ) is choc full of information concerning the former territory of Alaska, which had become a state on July 7th 1958, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law that effectively made Alaska the 49th state of the union. The edict would actually take effect the following year on January 3rd, 1959. Alaska would prove to be a wealth of natural materials and its scenic beauty would be comparable to none. Alaska's sheer beauty would  reflect in its indigenous peoples. This is a great item that is original and complete it contains numerous articles on Alaska's splendor, its history, its natural wealth, its people and its strategic value for North America. This newspaper contains several pages that are suitable for framing.