Flag of California
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The flag of California, known as the Bear Flag, is the official flag of the U.S. state of California. The precursor of the flag was first flown during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt and was also known as t
The flag on display at the California State Capitol.
"Monarch" the bear
The original grizzly bear flag with its designer, Peter Storm, c. 1870
Bear Flag monument on the Sonoma Plaza
California grizzly bear
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The California grizzly bear, also known as the California brown bear, California golden bear, or chaparral bear, is an extinct population of the brown bear, generally known as the grizzly bear.
Flag of California
…official state flag. The contemporary state flag is white with a wide red strip along the bottom. There is a red star in the upper left corner and a California grizzly bear facing left (toward the hoist) in the center, walking on a patch of green grass. The size of the bear is two-thirds the size of the hoist width and has…
Ursus arctos californicus, Santa Barbara, Natural History Museum
Illustration of a California grizzly bear skeleton
An illustration of a bear bullfight by HM Stoops. Published in The San Francisco Call on January 15, 1911.