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Shearer, Benjamin F.

State names, seals, flags, and symbols : a historical guide / Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer ; illustrations by Jerrie Yehling Smith. - 3rd ed., rev. and expanded. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002. - vii, 495 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-470) and index.

State and territory names and nicknames -- State and territory mottoes -- State and territory seals -- State and territory flags -- State and territory capitols -- 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 official state and territory designations -- State and territory fairs and festivals -- State and territory univesities -- State and territory governors -- State professional sports teams.

ISBN: 0313315345 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2001023525

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA1-72133

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Flags--States.--United States
Mottoes--States.--United States
Names, Geographical--States.--United States
Seals (Numismatics)--States.--United States
State birds--United States.
State flowers--United States.
State songs--United States.
U.S. states--Miscellanea.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History, Local--Bibliography.

LC Class. No.: E155 / .S44 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 929.9/2/0973