Elmer E. Rasmuson
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Elmer Edwin Rasmuson was an American banker, philanthropist and politician in the territory and state of Alaska. He led the family business, National Bank of Alaska, for many decades as president and
Official portrait of Rasmuson in 1968
Rasmuson as a young adult, c. 1930
Mike Gravel
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Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel was an American politician and writer who represented Alaska in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party. He ran for president twice:
Gravel in 1973
Gravel opened a small ground-floor real estate office on the north side (left) of Third Avenue in downtown Anchorage (center), opposite the Anchorage Westward (now Hilton Anchorage) Hotel (right). The Chugach Mountains are in the distance.
The chambers of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Alaska State Capitol.
Gravel in 1977