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2022.68.1
Foot Print Commemorative Plaque
A commemorative brass plaque attached to a concrete footprint. The concrete footprint is encased with a black colored metal border. 
This item was presented to the City of Whitehorse in the early 1960's, by the City of Fairbanks. This item then lived at Whitehorse City Hall until donated to the museum in 2022.
The International Conference on paving the Alaska Highway was a one-day conference held in 1963 in Whitehorse, Yukon. Delegates form Alberta, BC, the Yukon and Alaska attended.
https://www.nytimes.com/1963/09/22/archives/canada-presses-paving-of-alcan-yukon-official-asks-alaska-to.html
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