San Francisco City Flag

San Francisco City Flag. San Francisco City Flag — Lawrence P. Lander The Flag of the City and County of San Francisco is the municipal flag of San Francisco, California.The flag's central symbol, a rising phoenix, often is assumed to refer to the city's recovery from the 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires The mythical bird had already been adopted as a civic symbol as early as 1852 when.

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The Spanish motto at the bottom of the flag means "Gold in Peace, Iron in War": This motto has great meaning for San Franciscan's who have seen the city wrecked twice by earthquake and destroyed. The original city flag had a plain white field, and was entrusted to the chief of police in May 1900 for use in parades and ceremonies.

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The first document city flag was in June of 1861 when the city's board of supervisors ordered a set of three flags made by Norcross The San Francisco flag flying over San Francisco City Hall in October 2008 However, the phoenix had been a civic symbol of San Francisco at least since 1852, when it featured on the first official seal of the City.

San Francisco City Flag Stock Photo Alamy. The San Francisco flag flying over San Francisco City Hall in October 2008 The mythical bird had already been adopted as a civic symbol as early as 1852 when.

Flag of San Francisco At City Hall, San Francisco, Califor… Flickr. The first document city flag was in June of 1861 when the city's board of supervisors ordered a set of three flags made by Norcross Early Flags of San Francisco (1900-1940) image(s) by permission of David B