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Anchorage Museum, Ward Wells Collection, AMRC-wws-4262-1
The tallest flagpole in Alaska, seen here in front of Anchorage City Hall in 1965, started out as a small spruce tree on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast. It grew up to fly the nation's newest flag in the newest state's largest city in 1959.
