Flag and seal of Idaho

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The seal of the U.S. State of Idaho was adopted in 1863 and redrawn several times before statehood in 1890. The first state Great Seal was designed in the 1890s by Emma Edwards Green, the only woman to design a U.S. state seal. That seal was used until 1957, when the seal was slightly redrawn by Paul B. Evans and the Caxton Printers, Ltd. at the request of the state government, in order to add more anthropocentric elements to the centered shield. The seal depicts a miner and a woman representing equality, liberty and justice. The symbols on the seal represent some of Idaho's natural resources: mines, forests, farmland and wildlife. The flag of the U.S. state of Idaho was adopted on March 12, 1907, and consists of the state seal on a field of blue. The words "State of Idaho" appear in gold letters on a red and gold band below the seal. According to the official description of the flag, there should also be a fringe of gold around the edges. The official proportions of the flag, 26:33, are...

Read on Wikipedia · Image Paul B. Evans, based on a work by the Adjutant General of Idaho and Emma Edwards Green, Public domain