Flag of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio
Use	Civil flag
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	1940 (unofficially in 1896)
Designed by	Emil Rothengatter

The flag of Cincinnati, Ohio was selected in an 1896 contest.^[1] It was formally adopted on June 15, 1940.^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b "One Flag: Good Enough For All". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Vol. 53, no. 25. January 25, 1896. p. 4. ProQuest 895714370. Mayor Caldwell ... consented, in his private capacity, to select a committee to pass upon designs of a flag submitted by local artists. This committee yesterday informed His Honor that the best of the designs was one submitted by Emil Rothingatter [sic]. It shows the arms of the city in a big C, with three waving strips leading off on each side. ... It is not known how it is proposed to make this the official flag of Cincinnati. The Mayor might have much difficulty in finding some provision of the law that gives him power to so proclaim it. ... Cleveland ... became a laughing stock when an enterprising cigar-maker immediately pre-empted the design as a trade mark. It has been suggested that this laughable sequel could be avoided in the case of Cincinnati by copyrighting the design. There is a question, however, as to whether a municipality can avail itself of the copyright law. If an individual took it upon himself to go through with the formalities ... That, of course, would destroy any local pride ... in the flag.
^ "Flagpole". Fountain Square. Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
^ Purcell, John M.; Croft, James A.; Monahan, Rich (2003). American City Flags: 150 Flags from Akron to Yonkers (PDF). Vol. 1. North American Vexillological Association. pp. 77–78. ISBN 0974772801. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2014-09-08.

[Enquirer_one_flag-1] "One Flag: Good Enough For All". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Vol. 53, no. 25. January 25, 1896. p. 4. ProQuest 895714370. Mayor Caldwell ... consented, in his private capacity, to select a committee to pass upon designs of a flag submitted by local artists. This committee yesterday informed His Honor that the best of the designs was one submitted by Emil Rothingatter [sic]. It shows the arms of the city in a big C, with three waving strips leading off on each side. ... It is not known how it is proposed to make this the official flag of Cincinnati. The Mayor might have much difficulty in finding some provision of the law that gives him power to so proclaim it. ... Cleveland ... became a laughing stock when an enterprising cigar-maker immediately pre-empted the design as a trade mark. It has been suggested that this laughable sequel could be avoided in the case of Cincinnati by copyrighting the design. There is a question, however, as to whether a municipality can avail itself of the copyright law. If an individual took it upon himself to go through with the formalities ... That, of course, would destroy any local pride ... in the flag.

[Fountain_Square-2] "Flagpole". Fountain Square. Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.

[Purcell-3] Purcell, John M.; Croft, James A.; Monahan, Rich (2003). American City Flags: 150 Flags from Akron to Yonkers (PDF). Vol. 1. North American Vexillological Association. pp. 77–78. ISBN 0974772801. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2014-09-08.

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