Shearer, Benjamin F. <br/><br/>
State names, seals, flags, and symbols :  a historical guide / 
Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer ; illustrations by Jerrie Yehling Smith. 
 - New York :  Greenwood Press,  1987. 
 - viii, 239 p., [20] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. [205]-218. 
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<br/><br/> Contains information on the origin of state names and official symbols. 
<br/><br/> Young Adult 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0313245592 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>86027135 //r93 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Names, Geographical--States.--United States<br/>Seals (Numismatics)--States.--United States<br/>Flags--States.--United States<br/>Capitols.<br/>Mottoes--United States.<br/>State flowers--United States.<br/>State birds.<br/>State songs--United States.<br/>Seals (Numismatics)--United States.<br/>Flags--United States.<br/>Capitols.<br/>Geographic names--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History, Local--Bibliography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E155  / .S44 1987 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>929.9/2/0973