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Author:

Shearer, Benjamin F.

Title:

State names, seals, flags, and symbols : a historical guide / Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer ; illustrations by Jerrie Yehling Smith.

Edition:

Rev. and expanded.

Publisher:

Greenwood Press,

Copyright Date:

1994

Description:

x, 438 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Names, Geographical--United States--States.
Seals (Numismatics)--United States--States.
Flags--United States--States.
Capitols.
Mottoes--United States.
State flowers--United States.
State birds--United States.
State songs--United States.
United States--History, Local--Bibliography.
Symbols.
United States.
Staten.
Symbolen.

Other Authors:

Shearer, Barbara Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-411) and index.

Contents:

State and territory name and nicknames -- State and territory mottoes -- State and territory seals -- State and territory flags -- State and territory capitals -- State and territory flowers -- State and territory trees -- State and territory birds -- State and territory songs -- State and territory legal holidays and observances -- State and territory license plates -- State and territory postage stamps -- Miscellaneous offical state and territory designations.

ISBN:

9780313288623 (alk. paper)
0313288623 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

93049552

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

RAPD371 -- Jefferson Public Library (Jefferson)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

JDPC145 -- Manning Public Library (Manning)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

NMPC343 -- Nora Springs Public Library (Nora Springs)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)