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Description: This cotton Montana State Flag was acquired between 1950 and 1970. Design consists of the state seal on a blue field with gold fringe. Maker's mark indicates it was made by Emerson Manufacturing Company The state seal, designed in 1865, pictures a plow, pickaxe, and shovel, below which is a scroll. The text reads: "Oro y Plata", Spanish for 'gold and silver'. In the background lie the Rocky Mountains, a river, and forests illuminating Montana's contribution of agriculture and stores of natural resources. Montana's (in Spanish, montaña) nicknames are Treasure State, and Big Sky Country. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65497_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Textile--cotton; State Flags --Montana;
Places: Montana; United States