File:Flag of the President of the United States (1902–1916).svg

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Description	Presidential flag from about 1902, which was used until 1916. In 1902, the question of having two presidential flags (one from the Navy and one from the Army) came up, but instead of choosing one, this third flag was designed instead. It was supposed to be used for peace display only, with the other two being used in times of war, but all three were used until they were all replaced by a new flag designed during President Wilson's term in 1916. The design was essentially the same as the Navy's presidential flag, which was the Great Seal on a blue flag, except that the eagle was changed to be pure white (like their original 1882 presidential flag) and the crest was changed to not show the clouds, but instead just a sunburst of rays in a complete circle around the stars. More information here. The dimensions of the flag were 10.2 feet hoist by 16 feet fly. While the original naval order specified to use the same size as the Admiral's flag, the 1899 Flags of Maritime Nations published by the Navy gives separate dimensions for the President's flag of 10.2 x 16 (as mentioned on the Sea Flags site). The Admiral's flag per the same publication was 10.2 x 14.4 feet. These were the "size no. 1" dimensions; the "size no. 6" dimensions for both flags was 3.6 x 5.13 feet. However, one book[1] says the dimensions were 10.6 x 14 feet.
Date	1902
Source	Alteration of File:US Presidential Flag Navy 1899.svg, patterned and colored per File:1902USPresidentsFlagBook.jpg and File:Making president's flag 1914.jpg. SVG Great Seal taken from File:US-OfficeOfManagementAndBudget-Seal.svg, a U.S. Government work, with the crest altered.
Author	U.S. Government
Other versions	Version from a 1903 book The 1902 flag flying on the USS Mayflower A version of this flag being made in 1914 Navy presidential flag

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:24, 3 June 2010	1,000 × 638 (88 KB)	Fry1989	the shield
	00:14, 3 June 2010	1,000 × 638 (88 KB)	Fry1989	to match
	19:03, 15 December 2009	1,000 × 638 (80 KB)	Clindberg	Reverted to version as of 03:16, 3 July 2009. Turns out the 1899 flag was 10.2 x 16; the President's flag had different dimensions than the Admiral's flag
	17:01, 4 July 2009	900 × 638 (80 KB)	Clindberg	Fix dimensions, which were 10.2 x 14.4 feet. Previous upload mistakenly used 10.2 x 16 feet, which was not until the 1916 flag.
	03:16, 3 July 2009	1,000 × 638 (80 KB)	Clindberg	== Summary == {{Information \|Description=Presidential flag from about 1902, which was used until 1916. In 1902, the question of having two presidential flags (one from the Navy and one from the Army) came up, but instead of choosing one, this third flag