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| Use | Civil and state flag    |
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| Proportion | 26:33 (official) |
| Adopted | March 15, 1907 (modified 1927 and 1957) |
| Design | A state seal above the words "State of Idaho" in gold letters on a red and gold band on a blue field. |
| Great Seal of the State of Idaho | |
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| Armiger | State of Idaho |
| Adopted | 1891 (modified 1957) |
| Motto | Esto perpetua |
The seal of the Territory of Idaho was adopted in 1863 and redrawn several times before statehood in 1890. The first state Great Seal was designed in the 1890s by Emma Edwards Green, the only woman to design a U.S. state seal. That seal was used until 1957, when the seal was slightly redrawn by Paul B. Evans and the Caxton Printers, Ltd. at the request of the state government, in order to add more anthropocentric elements to the centered shield.
The flag of the state of Idaho was adopted on March 15, 1927, and consists of the state seal on a field of blue. The words "State of Idaho" appear in gold letters on a red and gold band below the seal. According to the official description of the flag, there should also be a fringe of gold around the edges.[1] The official proportions of the flag, 26:33, are unique in the world, although many reproductions use more common ratios like 2:3
The seal depicts a miner and a woman representing equality, liberty and justice. The symbols on the seal represent some of Idaho's natural resources: mines, forests, farmland and wildlife.
- ^ Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols Archived June 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine