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Image: California's 1862 state banner

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Description: This pro-union banner was hung in San Fransisco in 1862 for a fundraiser for wounded soldiers of the Civil War. Containing California's state seal and the American flag, showing pride in Californias place in the union. The banner is originally described as: "..though a circle of small American flags appeared the arms of the State on a transparency..."-Daily Alta California, 15 September 1862
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