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10:17 image(s) by permission of David B. Martucci
image(s) from American City Flags,
Raven 9-10 (2002-2003), courtesy of the North American Vexillological
Association, which retains copyright.
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Text and image(s) from American City Flags, Raven 9-10 (2002-2003), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association, which retains copyright. Image(s) from American City Flags by permission of David B. Martucci.
Albuquerque uses the Zia sun symbol from the New Mexico
state flag, but with the colors reversed: the sun is yellow on a crimson
field. The symbol is also proportionately larger on the Albuquerque
flag, and located slightly above center rather than in the exact center of
the field. On a field of 10 by 17 units, the two interior rays of the sun’s
four arms measure about 2.4 units long. As on the state flag, the two
exterior rays measure slightly less. On the center of the sun, in yellow,
is 1706. Centered below the sun symbol, in italics, is Albuquerque,
about 9 units in length. In the upper hoist is a stylized Native American
thunderbird in flight, descending toward the center, measuring about
2.7 units from beak to tail.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10, 2002-2003
The Zonta Club (an international women’s organization)
of Albuquerque apparently solicited a design.
Flag adopted: 1969 (official status uncertain).
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10, 2002-2003
Said to be Dr. Richard T. Vann, a local optometrist, but
the microfilm records are now barely legible.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
On 13 January 1969, representatives
of the Albuquerque Council of Camp Fire Girls presented a city flag it
had made to the city aviation director, Clyde Scharrer. This flag measured
5 by 8 feet. The ceremony was repeated for the city commission
on 26 February 1969. Nearly a year later, on 26 January 1970, the
Zonta Club presented four city flags to the city commission.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
image located by Paul Bassinson, 13 October 2019
Source:
http://olgakerncompetition.org/.../city-of-abq-new-mexico.png
Paul Bassinson, 13
October 2019