File:Flag of Chicago, Illinois.svg

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Summary

Description

English: Flag of Chicago

Čeština: Vlajka Chicaga

Español: Bandera de Chicago

Français : Drapeau de Chicago

Latina: Vexillum Sicagi

Deitsch: Faahne vun Chicago

Date

1939

Source

according to en:User:John Reid's (or T. E. Whalen's) construction sheet (en:Talk:Municipal Flag of Chicago)

Author

cs:User:-xfi-

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

Other versions

1892–1917 (unofficial)
1917–1933
1933–1939
1939–present

en:Image:Chicago-whalen.png

Licensing

Public domain	This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1929, and if not then due to lack of notice or renewal. See this page for further explanation.	United States
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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:18, 26 June 2023	720 × 480 (610 bytes)	HapHaxion	update color shades per Chicago design guidelines (https://design.chicago.gov/basics/) // Editing SVG source code using c:User:Rillke/SVGedit.js
	02:34, 12 February 2014	720 × 480 (613 bytes)	EclecticArkie	svg code reduction without a viewBox tag
	12:48, 11 February 2014	720 × 480 (1 KB)	HueSatLum	Reverted to version as of 19:22, 14 July 2006 Until the misshapen stars can be fixed
	02:39, 11 February 2014	720 × 480 (735 bytes)	EclecticArkie	svg code reduction
	19:22, 14 July 2006	720 × 480 (1 KB)	-xfi-
	16:18, 3 July 2006	450 × 300 (3 KB)	Mindfrieze	Reset background color to white.
	16:02, 3 July 2006	450 × 300 (3 KB)	Mindfrieze	I updated the flag's colors and proportions slightly using Adobe Illustrator CS2. I made the blue bars 1/6th of total height and positioned "a little less than one-sixth" from the top" according to the Chicago Municipal Code 1-8-30. Overall for the whit
	01:02, 16 January 2006	450 × 300 (4 KB)	Zscout370	The flag was drawn by me according to http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-il-ch.html.