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Seal of the United States Department of the Interior.

The seal consists of a male bison with the head and body in a left position, standing on a prairie, with mountains and a rising sun in the background, enclosed within two concentric circles, having the words "U.S. Department of the Interior" and the date "March 3, 1849" (when Congress created the department) inscribed in the top and bottom arcs within these circles. See here for more information.

The bison seal dates from 1917, when it was used as the emblem on the initial department flag and thereafter replaced the old version of the seal, which used a federal eagle. The eagle was reinstated for a few years in the 1920s, and a different seal was used from 1968-69, but on both occasions the bison seal was reinstated. For more information see this chapter in The Department of Everything Else: Highlights of Interior History.
Source Extracted from PDF file here (the 2007 Web brochure linked on this page).
Author U.S. federal government
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Public domain, but other legal restrictions apply. The seal may not be used in connection with any commercial or other unofficial enterprise without the written approval of the custodian of the seal.[1]
Other versions
  • Bitmap version
    Bitmap version
  • Version from 1937
    Version from 1937
  • Seal used in 1968-69 only
    Seal used in 1968-69 only
  • Original 1849-1913 seal
    Original 1849-1913 seal
  • Flag of the U.S. Department of the Interior, adopted in 2001.
    Flag of the U.S. Department of the Interior, adopted in 2001.
  • Flag of the U.S. Department of the Interior, as it was in 1916.
    Flag of the U.S. Department of the Interior, as it was in 1916.
  • Flag of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, used from 1917 to 1934.
    Flag of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, used from 1917 to 1934.

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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a United States Department of the Interior employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the Department of the Interior copyright policy for more information.


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