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2:3 image(s) by permission of David B. Martucci
image(s) from American City Flags,
Raven 9-10 (2002-2003),
courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association, which retains copyright.
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Text and image(s) from American City Flags, Raven 9-10 (2002-2003), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association, which retains copyright. Image(s) from American City Flags by permission of David B. Martucci.
According to the ordinance of adoption:
The flag of the City of Cincinnati shall be rectangular in shape. It shall have a white ground work. In the center shall be a red letter ‘C'. Extending horizontally from either side of the letter ‘C' shall be three wavy parallel lines of navy blue. Within the letter ‘C' shall be the seal of the City of Cincinnati in blue. Extending upward from a point at the top of the letter ‘C' and spaced equally from its center line shall be a cluster of five buckeye leaves in red. The proportional dimensions of the flag and of its various parts shall be according to the official design thereof on file in the Council Chamber of the City of Cincinnati.The wavy blue lines occupy approximately the center horizontal third of the field. The seal is described officially as having in the center, a representation of a winged rod entwined with two serpents crossed by a sword, above which shall appear the scales of justice, which shall be surmounted with the words "Juncta Juvant".
The Cincinnati Times-Star ran an editorial on 23
November 1895, offering a prize of $50 for a distinctive flag for the
"Queen City". Mayor John A. Caldwell named a panel of prominent
citizens to judge the over 100 entries. The seal had been authorized 19
May 1819.
Adopted: 15 June 1940 (official), 1895 (unofficial)
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
The winner, who signed his entry as "Zero of Burnet
Woods" (a neighborhood of the city), was later identified as Emil
Rothengater, a foreman at Russell Morgan Lithograph Co. (later the
U.S. Printing Co.).
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
After the winning design was selected,
Charles P. Taft, editor of the Times-Star and a U.S. congressman, had
Congress give Cincinnati exclusive rights to the design on 24 January
1896. The flag's selection, however, was controversial due to a strong
sentiment of the time that the national flag was the only one the city
needed, so Cincinnati's flag remained unofficial and largely unseen until
its 1940 adoption.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
From the city's website at www.rcc.org/budarchives/bud1999/cincinna.htm:
The ordinance:
§ 104-3. Official City Flag.
The flag of Cincinnati shall be rectangular in shape. It shall have a white groundwork. In the center shall be a red letter "C". Extending horizontally from either side of the letter "C" shall be three wavy parallel lines of navy blue. Within the letter "C" shall be the seal of the city of Cincinnati in blue. Extending upward from a point at the top of the letter "C" and spaced equally from its center line shall be a cluster of five buckeye leaves in red. The proportional dimensions of the flag and of its various parts shall be according to the official design thereof on file in the council chamber of the city of Cincinnati.
(C.O. 104-2; renumbered to C.M.C. 104-3, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)
Rob Raeside, 31 July 2002
image located by Paul Bassinson, 9 November 2019
Source:
https://m.media-amazon.com/
Paul Bassinson, 9 November 2019
image located by Daniel Rentería, 28 August 2022
Found at
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/41020/gate-of-heaven-cemetery/photo#view-photo=20380781
is the flag of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Attached is a drawing of the
flag of the archdiocese (created by a user on Wikimedia Commons.)
Daniel Rentería, 28 August 2022
image by Daniel Rentería, 1 September 2022
I also found in the image is a flag for the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in
Cincinnati. Above it is a blue flag with an emblem in the center (unknown).
Daniel Rentería, 28 August 2022
The "blue flag with an emblem in the center (unknown)" is actually the top
part of the cemetery flag, yellow field with the dark red inscription making its
bottom part only.
Tomislav Todorovic, 28 August 2022