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Municipalities listed below have been researched for municipal flags, mainly by searching their websites. Commonly U.S. cities use the city seal on a plain field as the city flag, so we have included information about the city seal where no
other flag is known.
See also:
The website at
http://www.ci.malibu.ca.us shows a striking modern design, consisting of a
circular format with a white outer ring fimbriated gray. At the top of this
outer ring are the words 'CITY OF MALIBU' in blue block letters, while at the
bottom are the words 'Incorporated March 28, 1991' in dark blue lower case
letters. The central image is a stylized landscape; to the right are three
cliffs in differing shades of green, each outlined in white, with a smaller
fourth cliff in brown visible in the far distance. Above in a pale blue sky
there is a yellow sun to the left, halfway down the horizon. Finally, at the
bottom of the central image, on a dark blue field representing the Pacific Ocean
at least five white lines are visible, representing stylized waves.
Ron Lahav, 25 January 2005
The website at
http://www.ci.mammoth-lakes.ca.us shows a rather complicated municipal logo,
consisting of an ellipsoid in light gray with a white internal border. The
central image appears to be a color photo of a local landscape, with a very
small blue ribbon containing the words 'THE TOWN OF' in minute gold block
lettering at its very top. In the upper portion of the central image the word
'MAMMOTH' appears in very large block letters, colored sienna at the top and
beige at the bottom, with the initial letter 'M' and terminal letter 'H' both
enlarged. Beneath this word the second part of the town name, 'LAKES', is
written in smaller block letters similarly colored. Finally, at the very bottom
of the gray ellipsoid the word 'CALIFORNIA' is written in small widely spaced
black block lettering.
Ron Lahav, 25 January 2005
Although an image of the city seal is available on the
home page of the
municipal web site, it is in constant movement.
This URL only
presents the city seal in a B&W image, and as the image itself is extremely
geometrical in structure I am unsure as to what the actual coloring may be The
seal itself is circular in format, bordered both externally and internally by
cable-laid rope. At the top of the outer circle are the words 'CITY OF MANHATTAN
BEACH' in block letters. Two small five-pointed stars are at the lower right and
lower left, respectively, while the word 'CALIFORNIA' is similarly written at
the bottom. The central image is extremely geometrical in structure, divided as
it is by a triangle which extends to the top and sides of the inner circle. At
the upper left, upper right, and bottom respectively the words 'SUN', 'SAND',
and 'SEA' are written in small sans-serif block letters. The triangle itself is
further divided so as to create almost a pyramidal structure; the left-hand
section seems to depict a sun shining in the sky, the right hand one simply
sand, and the lower portion waves lapping against a beach.
Manhattan Beach has a second seal as well. The city is twinned with the city of
Santa Rosalia, Mexico, and the Sister City Committee has its own very
distinctive and colorful logo, which can be seen at
http://www.mbsistercity.org/images/The-MBSC-logo_plain-100px.jpg. The
circular shape is edged in pale blue both externally and internally. The outer
circle is golden with the words 'MANHATTAN BEACH' in light blue block letters at
the top, two black five- pointed stars at each side, and the words 'SISTER CITY
COMMITTEE' similarly written at the bottom. The central image is extremely
beautiful; it is divided into a ying-yang shape, with the background color of
the upper portion being white. To the right is a stylized golden sun, with
similarly stylized golden rays spreading over the entire upper half. The lower
portion is blue, with a white nexus at the left and stylized white waves
extending in a similar fashion throughout the blue portion. Additionally, the
shape of the yin/yang creates the impression of blue waves lapping against a
white shore.
Ron Lahav, 25 January 2005
At http://www.ci.manteca.ca.us the
municipal seal is simple in construction although quite effective. There is a
white background throughout, with a thick red external border and a thinner red
internal one. The outer ring contains the words 'CITY OF MANTECA, CALIFORNIA' in
large, narrow blue block lettering at the top, and 'Incorporated May 28, 1918'
in smaller blue block lettering at the bottom. There are small red five-pointed
stars at the beginning and end of the words and date at the bottom. The
central image consists of the word 'Manteca' in large red lower case lettering,
with the letter 'M' capitalized. At the lower right is a stylized church
building, while to the lower left there is a similarly stylized image of a house
with trees alongside; both these images are in dark blue. Finally, beneath these
two images the municipal slogan, 'the family city' appears; it is written in red
lower case italics without any capitalization.
Ron Lahav, 25 January 2005
A logo appears at
http://www.ci.marina.ca.us/depclerk1x.htm. It consists of what I believe is
known as a Spanish shield, ie, horizontal at the top, vertical at the sides, and
with a rounded bottom. The logo actually consists of two such shields, one
inside the other; the outermost is simply a black border fimbriated red at the
top and with a date in miniscule white numerals at the very bottom. The inner
shield is divided into thirds; the upper third is light blue with a thick red
border at the bottom. This border is formed into a circular shape at the lower
left, and the circle thus formed is colored yellow. At the lower right is a
white gull volant; the gull's left wing protrudes into the black outer border.
The central third of the inner shield is a deeper blue, with a black sinuous
line running from lower left to upper right and interrupted by the name of the
city, the word 'Marina', written in black script lettering. This middle third is
separated from the bottom portion of the inner shield by a red line somewhat
thinner than the one separating the upper from the middle third. The bottom
third of this inner shield is yellow throughout.
Ron Lahav, 6 February 2005
The site at
http://www.cityofmaywood.com/home/default.cfm shows the municipal logo is
very colorful and is somewhat unusual, being ellipsoidal in shape and edged in
red. Across a blue sky the word 'MAYWOOD' is written in red block letters using
an Art Deco font. Beneath the sky there is a stylized cityscape in brown,
violet, cream, purple, and lilac with several trees consisting of green crowns
on brown trunks; one of the trees on the far left of the ellipsoid extends
slightly beyond the frame. Below the cityscape is a large cream colored ribbon
folded into three parts; the word 'CALIFORNIA' is written in a similar
script and color on the large center fold. Directly beneath this center fold is
a dark green label, with the word 'INCORPORATED' written at the top in minute
orange block letters. Directly beneath this is the word and date 'Sept. 2,
1924', written in somewhat larger orange block lettering.
Ron Lahav, 4 February 2005
The page at http://www.ci.mendota.ca.us
shows one of the wildest city seals I have yet encountered. It uses a circular
format edged in gold and fimbriated turquoise, with the background color of the
entire seal being white. Around the top of the interior of the seal are the
words 'CITY OF MENDOTA' in tall thin black block lettering, with the word
'INCORPORATED' in smaller thin black block lettering immediately beneath. In the
center of the image is a cantaloupe proper, resting on a bed of five green
leaves. On the topmost leaf the date '1942' is written in black numerals.
Beneath the image of the cantaloupe are the words 'Canteloupe Center of
the World' in two rows of black block lettering. I really do hope that Mendota
has a city flag - I don't think that a canteloupe features on any flag anywhere!
Ron Lahav, 4 February 2005
Oddly enough, the city seal is not to be found on the Home Page of the
municipal web site, but rather on the web
site of the local branch of the San Mateo County Library system; this branch is
currently under construction. The Millbrae seal is very smart indeed, all done
in black and gold with a shading effect to the left of the entire seal. The seal
consists of three concentric circles, At the top of the outer circle, which is
black, are the words 'SEAL OF THE CITY OF MILLBRAE' in gold block letters. There
are two gold five-pointed stars (or mullets, or estoilles) at the lower right
and lower left, respectively, with the word 'CALIFORNIA' similarly written at
the bottom. The second circle is very narrow, and is also black; it is pierced
at the four cardinal points of the compass. It contains the words and date
'INCORPORATED JANUARY 18, 1960' in small gold block lettering. The central image
also has a black background color, and depicts a family group in gold consisting
of a male figure in the center, a female figure to his right, and a child to his
left, all standing to the lower right of the central image. Above them is the
sun in full splendor in gold with golden rays, while above that is a stylized
airplane in gold. Beneath the sun is a dark range of hills flecked with golden
speckles (but I can't imagine what they might be!). The family is facing a
California-style suburban one-family ranch house outlined in gold, with a tree
immediately to its left; the trunk and crown of the tree are in gold. Just to
the left of the child's figure is the municipal motto, 'A PLACE IN THE SUN,'
written in miniscule gold block letters.
Ron Lahav, 9 February 2005
The city seal is to be found at
http://ci.milpitas.ca.gov/citygov/citycouncil rather than on the Home Page
of the municipal web site. It consists of a golden yellow outer ring bordered in
old gold. At the top of the outer ring are the words 'CITY OF MILPITAS' in old
gold block lettering, while at the bottom is a ribbon folded into three parts;
the right and left hand folds are shaded in gray and have forked ends, but the
middle fold is considerably larger than the other two and has a white background
color. This middle fold contains three lines of text in black block lettering of
various sizes; the first one reads 'CALIFORNIA', the second 'INCORPORATED', and
the bottom line has an illegible date. The central image depicts a landscape
consisting of hills in various shades of green, with a blue sky above. In the
foreground stands the figure of John Reed, a Dubliner, who was the first Anglo
settler in the region; he is depicted proper and carrying a rifle at the ready.
There is also a local business firm in the community which displays the logo of
the American Disc Jockey Association.
Ron Lahav, 9 February 2005
At http://www. ci.mission-viejo.ca.us are two differently colored versions of
the municipal seal available, both on official web sites. The design of both
versions is identical. On the version to be found on the Home Page of the
municipal web site, the seal is circular and bordered in ultramarine. At each
flank this ultramarine border forms a circle, with what appears to be a Native
American symbol on the left and a tree with a dark blue trunk and a vermillion
crown on the right. The upper and lower portions of the seal each contain a
curved label; the uppermost one bearing the name 'MISSION VIEJO' and the lower
one the word 'CALIFORNIA', both in dark blue Art Deco Block lettering. In this
version the central image is likewise fimbriated in ultramarine, and depicts a
snow-capped mountain range in black beneath a white sky, with a green field to
the left and a slender gray tree rising vertically into the sky. The second
version of the seal can be found on the Municipal Information web site. It has
an olive outer border and similarly colored fimbriation; the labels containing
the names of the city and the state are also bordered in olive. This is also the
case with regard to the two circles at each flank of the image, but the symbols
within are dark blue in color. Within the central image the mountain range and
grassy field are both in blue, while the tree is in olive.
Ron Lahav, 9 February 2005
Not only does this city have a proper municipal seal, it also has several
municipal logos as well. I have not included them, even though they can be found
on the Home Page of the city, because
they adorn several different types of merchandise produced by a private firm and
I am not assure what their official status, if any, might be, even though they
are sold at the City Hall. The city seal consists of a simple circle bordered in
dark blue. At the top is a pale blue sky, along with a stylized green mountain
range. The middle section of the seal depicts yet another mountain range, this
time in reddish brown, with a sprig of green leaves superimposed on it. The
lower part of the seal consists simply of a terra-cotta background. Around the
top of the seal are the words 'CITY OF' in black block sans-serif letters, the
word 'MONROVIA' similarly written horizontally underneath the brown hills, and
the date ;1887' written along the bottom arc of the circle. A B&W version of
this seal is also available at
http://www.urly.com/Monrovia/City%20Seal.GIF.
Ron Lahav, 9 February 2005
From http://ci.montclair.ca.us, the
logo consists of two mountains, one gray and the other brown, overlapping each
other to form a stylized capital letter 'M'. Underneath the mountains the name
of the city is spelled in white block letters; a version also exists in which
the city name is written in thin black block lettering in an Art Deco font.
Ron Lahav, 18 February 2005
The city web page at
http://www.cityofmontebello.com shows a circular seal with a thick golden
outer border extending 3/4 of the distance around the outer ring, a thick blue
fimbriation, and finally a thin gold one. The outer ring contains the words
'CITY OF MONTEBELLO' in black sans-serif block lettering at the top, two small
five-pointed black stars at the lower right and lower left respectively, and the
word 'CALIFORNIA' similarly written at the bottom. The central image is
separated from the outer ring by a thin black border, and is divided into two
halves by a central corridor which contains the words 'INCORPORATED OCT.18,
1920' are written in small gray block letters. The upper half of the central
image depicts a pale blue sky with a white cumulus cloud surmounting three oil
wells in black, with structures at their base in B&W. To the left of these
structures is a green tree, the whole resting on a sand
colored base with similarly colored mountains in the background. The lower half
of the central image shows a pale blue sky at the top, with a grove of green
trees to the right foreground and what I take to be a vertical black telegraph
pole to the left of these trees, the whole resting on a flat horizontal sand
colored base.
Ron Lahav, 18 February 2005
The website at
http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us shows a standard circular format, with the
words 'CITY OF MONTEREY PARK' written at the top of the outer concentric circle
in Spanish style black block lettering. At the lower right and lower left
respectively are two minute and indecipherable black symbols, while the word
'CALIFORNIA' is similarly written at the bottom of the outer circle. The central
image is not all that clear, even when examined in greater detail on Google
Images. A deep blue sky containing several cumulus clouds surmounts what appears
to be a dark colored edifice in the far background, with some sort of black
object in the center foreground. This edifice rests on a green meadow, while
beneath it in gray are what appear to be two crudely drawn representations of
the California Golden Bear Flag and the S&S in the form of a shield.
Ron Lahav, 18 February 2005
The website at
http://ci.moorpark.ca.us/cgi-bin/start.exe/moorpark/index.html shows a
municipal seal in a circular format, but a much larger one than that commonly
associated with municipal seals. Within a narrow outer ring are the words
'MOORPARK CALIFORNIA' in small black block lettering with a space between the
words. The bottom of the outer ring contains the words 'INCORPORATED JULY 1,
1884' similarly written. The central image depicts a blue sky with a long white
stratocumulus cloud horizontally within the plane of the image. Below this, in
the left foreground, is a large white flower with a golden center and distinct
gold markings on each of its five petals. This flower rests on a bed of dark
green leaves and has a light brown stem outlined in black. The whole rests on a
bed of light green vegetation visible to the left background and center
foreground of the flower.
Ron Lahav, 18 February 2005
Ms Debbie Treffenstedt, the City Clerk of Moorpark, California, informs me
that while the city itself has no municipal flag per se, on festive occasions
local people will put out flags which feature the large white flower which
dominates the city seal. She did not tell me what color these flags were, but I
sense that they are in no sense official, and she only identified the flower
itself as an apricot blossom.
Ron Lahav, 28 February 2005
The website at http://ci.moraga.ca.us
shows the logo of the town. On a white square with black bordering there is a
circular device depicting a sunrise over a mountainous landscape. The sun itself
is a golden circle outlined in black, with stylized black rays. The overall
color scheme is gold, red, blue, brown, and violet. Above this heraldic device
the words 'Town of Moraga' in black Iberian uncial script. The web site is
currently being updated, and no further information is currently available about
the town or its civic heraldry.
Ron Lahav, 18 February 2005
At http://www.morgan-hill.ca.gov/
is a logo consisting of a stylized image of Morgan Hill, the geographical
feature which gives the city its name. It is white on a gray-green background,
with a series odd striations in the latter color, the whole surmounted by a
white arch, thicker at the lower left and narrowing to a tapered point at the
upper right. Underneath the image is the name of the city in white block
lettering.
Ron Lahav, 24 February 2005
At http://www.morro-bay.ca.us the municipal web site has a very detailed graphics section which shows the city seal and a variety of other logos used by the city. The URL of this page is http://www.morro-bay.ca.us/graphics, while the city seal, in the form of a B&W line drawing, can be found at http://www.morro-bay.ca.us/graphics/seal.jpg . The seal consists of the usual circular format divided into two concentric rings. The outer ring contains in its upper portion the words 'CITY OF MORRO BAY' in block lettering, while the lower portion contains the word and date 'INCORPORATED JULY 11, 1964' in thin bold face block lettering. There is an internal border to this outer circle, but because of the B&W format I am unable to ascertain either its color or that of the central image as well. This central image consists of a prominent geological formation in the center foreground. This is surmounted by the sky, and overlooks an aquatic scene with various small craft visible. A tree branch of some sort is visible in the immediate foreground, ands it obtrudes into the water.
The municipal logo, which appears at the lower right of each page of the
entire city web site, consists of a
stylized representation of a fold of hills in dark blue, with the name of the
city written in dark blue block lettering beneath.
Ron Lahav, 24 February 2005
A very unusual emblem is found at
http://www.ci.national-city.ca.us . On an octagonal base gray sectioned
black and bordered blue fimbriated black there is a standard circular city seal
consisting of two circles. The outer circle is deep blue bordered old gold both
externally and internally fimbriated black. This outer circle contains the words
'CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA' in large white block lettering at the top,
and in much smaller white block lettering the word and date 'INCORPORATED A. D.
1887' at the bottom. The central image, which is in old gold , black, and brown,
shows the topographical layout of the city within its rugged mountainous
environment; this is surmounted by a blue sky dotted with white cumulus clouds.
Ron Lahav, 24 February 2005
On http://www.cityofneedles.com
the city seal is shown in a very small B&W line drawing format. Within the
circular structure there are two concentric rings; at the top of the outer ring
the words 'CITY OF' are written in sans serif block lettering, with the word
'NEEDLES' similarly written at the bottom. The central image is divided 2/3 down
by a horizontal bar on which the word 'CALIFORNIA' is written in thin block
lettering. The upper portion of the central image shows a cityscape with a sun
in the sky in the upper foreground. I am unable to identify the elements in the
lower portion of this central image.
Ron Lahav, 24 February 2005
The website at
http://www.cityofnewman.com shows a city seal that is quite unusual, as it
is positioned in the mouth of a cornucopia, which is old gold with black
striations. The bell of the cornucopia forms the outer ring of a circular seal,
with the words 'CITY OF NEWMAN' in large blue sans-serif block lettering at the
top, and 'INCORPORATED 1908' in much smaller blue block lettering at the bottom.
The central image is dominated by a map of California positioned vertically in
pale green. At the top is a blue sky, divided into two halves by the map. There
is a range of purple hills, likewise divided by the map, horizontally across the
center of the image. The lower left portion of the central image contains an
outline of an early motor vehicle in blue and black.
Ron Lahav, 5 March 2005
A municipal seal appears on the Home
page of the city, but the it is too small to describe beyond saying it has
blue lettering and imagery.
Ron Lahav, 5 March 2005
The website at
http://www.ci.novato.ca.us shows the municipal logo consists of a B&W line
drawing of the City Hall. Beneath the drawing are three lines of text in black
block lettering. The upper line reads 'THE CITY OF', the middle line, which is
considerably larger than the others, reads 'NOVATO', and the bottom line reads
'CALIFORNIA'.
Ron Lahav, 5 March 2005
The municipal logo from
http://www.ci.oakdale.ca.us consists of the name of the city written in dark
violet large upper and lower case lettering. The initial letter 'O' is much
enlarged, and contains within it the image of a green tree. Beneath the
remainder of the word 'Oakdale' and written in much smaller upper and lower case
letters and also in dark violet are the words 'California, USA'.
Ron Lahav, 5 March 2005
From http://www.ci.oakley.ca.us, the
municipal logo is a simple oak leaf proper with white venation, canted at an
angle of about 350 degrees. Subtending the leaf at about the 4 o'clock position
is the word 'OAKLEY', written in large black sans-serif block lettering. Above
this word are two additional lines of text, neither of which obtrudes on the
leaf. The top line is in smaller black SS block lettering, and consists of the
word 'CITY'. Beneath this line, and written in small black lower case italics,
is the simple preposition 'of'.
Ron Lahav, 12 March 2005
Based on
http://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us the municipal seal can be found not merely on
the Home Page of the municipal web site, but also on other related sites. All
depictions however are relatively small in size and are therefore difficult for
me to distinguish clearly. The chief distinction of the seal as it appears on
the municipal site is that it is centered on a compass rose in pale ocher. The
seal itself is the standard circle, with an outer ring in gold. The lettering in
this outer ring is black, as are both the external and internal borders. At the
top of the outer ring are the words 'CITY OF OCEANSIDE' in black, with
'INCORPORATED 1884[?]' at the bottom. The background color of the central image
is crimson, and contains an Iberian-style shield quartered blue and gold, with
devices within each quarter. I have been able to make out the contents of the
upper quarters but not the lower ones. The upper left quarter depicts the
Mission of San Luis Rey de Francia, which is located nearby, while the upper
right quarter contains a black cannon facing left with what appears to be a ball
near the muzzle.
Ron Lahav, 12 March 2005
I went to the Oceanside city pier, located next to the Oceanside NCTD (local
transportation) transfer station. Next to this pier is a flag pole that can hold
three flags: US, California and Oceanside flags. The Oceanside flag is 2:3
ratio, but is not a logo on a bedsheet. The flag has an aqua blue triangle to
the hoist, like the flag of the Czech Republic. Inside
this triangle, there are three sailing ships. There is dark blue section of the
flag, split by a white section that looks like a Y (see the
South Africa flag). Inside the white bar, closer to the fly, the words
"Oceanside, California" are present in black. Above it, the letters "City of" in
white appear, and below, "Incorporated in 19xx" in white.
Zachary Harden, 31 July 2005
The city seal does not appear on the Home
Page of the city, but instead can be found on the tourist information web
site. It is in the customary circular format, with a thick external border in
olive gray. The outer ring is white, with the words 'CITY OF OJAI' in thin black
block lettering at the top and 'CALIFORNIA' similarly written at the bottom of
this outer ring, which in turn is separated from the central image by a thin
black internal border. Two small black dots can be found at the 3 and 9 o'clock
positions, respectively. The central image itself depicts a blue sky over snow
covered mountain peaks, with a mission church in gold with a red roof to the
right foreground. The immediate foreground is dominated by what appears to be a
modern suspension bridge in various tones of blue, gray, and black, spanning a
body of water in blue.
Ron Lahav, 12 March 2005
On http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us the
municipal seal is circular with an outer ring bordered externally and internally
as well as being fimbriated green. The outer ring is white, with the words 'CITY
OF' and 'CALIF.' written in small red block letters, separated by the name of
the city, 'ONTARIO', in large red block letters. The bottom of the outer circle
contains the word and date 'INCORPORATED 1891', also in small red block
lettering. The central image depicts an avenue through an orange grove; the
avenue is bright green, while the trees in the grove are in natural coloring.
Alongside the trees to the right is an irrigation canal in blue, while a blue
sky is visible above the avenue and the trees. Stretched across the lower third
of the central image and extending into the bottom of the lower ring at both the
left and right is what appears to be a cityscape, beneath which is the municipal
motto or slogan in miniscule illegible black lettering.
Ron Lahav, 12 March 2005
The city seal does not appear on the
home page of the city, but on the site of a local property/real estate
company, Eichler Homes of Southern California
http://www.eichlersocal.com/images/OrangeSeal.gif . The seal is again a
circle, with a very thick external border in orange and a very thin internal
border between the outer ring and the central image, also in orange. At the top
of the outer ring are the words 'CITY OF ORANGE' in large black block lettering,
with a small black five-pointed star at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions
respectively of the ring. The bottom of the outer ring contains the words
'ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA' in smaller black block letters. The background color
of the central image is also white, and the image itself consists of an orange,
fruited, leaved, and twigged proper. Above the orange, in small black block
lettering in the form of an arc rather than being displayed horizontally, is the
word 'INCORPORATED', while beneath the fruit is an illegible date similarly
written.
Ron Lahav, 12 March 2005
According to http://www.ci.orinda.ca.us
the municipal logo is a square with rounded corners. The top of the image is
white, representing the sky, and beneath this is a range of hills in various
shades of gray green, light green, and olive green. The lower half of the square
is dark olive green and contains the name of the city written in white rounded
block lettering. There is a thin white border around the lower portion of the
square, which extends halfway up the right side of the upper portion.
Ron Lahav, 20 March 2005
There is a very indistinct image of the city's seal on their online business
license application at
http://www.orland-ca.com/City_Government/BizLic.pdf . It looks like it might
show railroad tracks extending to meet a rising sun on the horizon- but I warn
that's 90% guesswork on my part.
Ned Smith, 20 March 2005
The Orland City Seal exists in a B&W format, although further contact may
well reveal a colored version. The outer circle contains the words 'THE GREAT
SEAL OF THE CITY OF ORLAND' in block lettering; please note the unusual wording
- I have not hitherto encountered any municipal seal anywhere which uses the
terminology 'The Great Seal'. At the lower right and lower left respectively are
six small five-pointed stars, three at each side, with the date 1875 between
them. The very busy central image depicts a single track railway line running
from the foreground into the middle distance, toward a valley between two hills.
A rayed rising sun is visible between the hills, while two electric pylons flank
the sun on either side. Beneath the track at the bottom and above the sun at the
top are what appear to be decorative curlicues. In the right foreground are
three fruit trees, while behind them are three cattle. Similarly, to the left
foreground is a railway station, and behind that is a pond with three ducks
swimming on it. Beneath the railway tracks at the very front of the central
image are two stalks of grain, crossed saltire-wise at the stem.
Ron Lahav, 20 March 2005
The webpage at
http://www.cityoforoville.org shows a circular format with an outer ring in
old gold, with a thin blue external border and a white internal one fimbriated
yellow gold. Running across the entire top of the outer ring in blue block
lettering are the words 'CITY OF OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA', with the word
'INCORPORATED' and an illegible date in much smaller blue block lettering at the
bottom. The central image depicts a deep blue sky dotted with white cumulus
clouds over a landscape in dark brown and cold, with a blue river running from
the middle foreground down to the lower left.
Ron Lahav, 20 March 2005
According to the city's fact sheet at
http://www.cityoforoville.org/Administration/facts.html it was incorporated
January 3, 1906. (I cannot be sure, but the indistinct image of the seal does
not seem to me to have enough space for the full date, and may only show the
year.)
Ned Smith, 20 March 2005
A version of the municipal seal can be found at
http://ci.oxnard.ca.us , while a municipal
logo can be found on the web site of a private company
http://www.marktheobald/com/CityofOxnard.jpg . In all cases the municipal
seal actually consists of two seals, but the basic design and central imagery
differ extensively. The version given at the the first URL consists of two
overlapping circular seals, outlined externally at the top in bright yellow and
old gold at the bottom; this pattern is repeated with regard to the internal
border of the left hand seal only. The outer rings of both seals are blue, and
the top of the left hand seal has the words 'CITY OF' in gold block lettering at
the 10 o'clock position. while at the bottom of the outer ring of the right hand
circle and running along the lower right is the word 'CALIFORNIA' similarly
written. In the first version of the municipal emblem the central image of the
left hand seal is blank, while the central image of the right hand circle
depicts a pale blue sky with a golden palm tree on a golden shore lapped by blue
waves. Running diagonally from lower left to upper right across both central
images is the word 'Oxnard' in golden upper and lower case script lettering
underlined blue.
Ron Lahav, 20 March 2005
Oxnard has a flag created for the 1976 bicentennial:
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt887008v2/
Valentin Poposki, 11 November 2005
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