[California state flag depicting grizzly bear emblem over the words California Republic"]" – Antique Print
![[California state flag depicting grizzly bear emblem over the words California Republic"]", [between 1900 and 1930] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9a/9a8683403c1d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare antique lithograph captures [California state flag depicting grizzly bear emblem over the words California Republic"]" in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[California state flag depicting grizzly bear emblem over the words California Republic"]"
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A grizzly bear standing over the words "California Republic" links this flag to the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt, when American settlers in Sonoma raised a hand-painted banner and declared independence from Mexico. This color lithograph, dated between 1900 and 1930, reflects a period when the design was gaining popularity as a symbol of state pride, and the legislature made it the official state flag in 1911. By then the grizzly was already disappearing from the state, and the last confirmed California grizzly was killed in 1922, which gives the image an added note of nostalgia.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Emblems 1900-1930.Lithographs Color 1900-1930. |
| Subjects | State flags--California--1900-1930. Grizzly bears--1900-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,025 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107690 |
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