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    • Seal of the Territory of Arizona, 1863

    • Seal of the Territory of Arizona, 1863

    • McCormick, Richard

    • Arizona; Signs and symbols; Seals and labels

    • The seal featured a bearded miner standing casually in front of a wheelbarrow, pick, and short-handled spade. Two bare mountains rose in the background, and at the bottom was the phrase “Ditat Deus,” God enriches.
    • Revised Seal of the Territory of Arizona, 1863

    • Revised Seal of the Territory of Arizona, 1863

    • McCormick, Richard

    • Arizona; Signs and symbols; Seals and labels

    • Perhaps in response to criticism of the first iteration of the seal being too "comic,", McCormick introduced a revised version of the seal. The redesign was more elaborate and included new shadowing and a small stream at the miner’s feet. Gone...
    • Great Seal of the State of Arizona, 1912

    • Great Seal of the State of Arizona, 1912

    • Motter, E.E.

    • Arizona; Signs and symbols; Seals and labels

    • In the years since statehood, state agencies have used a host of great seals with variations in every element of the basic design, from missing clouds to redrawn mountains to typeface alteration (The cow – rarely “cattle grazing” – is...
    • The Great Seal of Gila County Arizona, 1881

    • The Great Seal of Gila County Arizona, 1881

    • Unknown

    • Arizona; Signs and symbols; Seals and labels

    • Although the second version of the seal was retired in 1879, a version of the original McCormick seal is still in use by Gila County. It bears a small discrepancy in the motto, “Dit Deus.”
    • Seal of the Territory of Arizona, 1863

    • Seal of the Territory of Arizona, 1863

    • Walter, Rollins

    • Arizona; Signs and symbols; Seals and labels

    • An improvement in the seal’s artwork came in 1905 when Secretary W.F. Nichols adopted a drawing from Phoenix artist Walter Rollins. In it the deer faced left, the mountains bore more resemblance to the San Francisco peaks, the trees and cactus...
    • Arizona Seals

    • Arizona Seals

    • Winsor, Mulford

    • Arizona; Signs and symbols; Seals and labels

    • A memorandum of the Great Seals by which, from the date of its birth and throughout its existence as Territory and State, Arizona has authenticated its official instruments and public documents.

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