Long_Beach,_New_York_seal_large.png (325 × 320 pixels, file size: 99 KB, MIME type: image/png)
City of Long Beach, New York official seal or logo.
Original image [1] courtesy of: LongBeachNY.org; modified image courtesy of Gordon P. Hemsley.
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Description
The seal as described in the City of Long Beach Code of Ordinances, § 2-1:
Sec. 2-1. City seal described.
The seal of the city shall be as follows: In the center of a circle there shall be a clock tower with a dome surmounted by a flag. The hands of the clock shall point to half past three and the hours are indicated by Roman numerals. In crescent formation, passing across the center of the flagstaff there shall be five (5) stars. To the left, Neptune is seated, facing the tower and holding a trident in his left hand with the handle resting on the ground. To the right, a mermaid is reclining and facing the tower, her right arm pointing downward, her left arm extended above her head. In the lower rim of the circle shall appear the words, "City of Long Beach, State of New York"; in the upper rim of the circle shall appear the Latin words "Civitas ad mare".
(Code 1957, § 2-103; Ord. No. 7-A, § 1, 10-7-58)
Licensing
 | This logo is an official seal of a governmental entity or one of its government agencies, and may be subject to copyright, trademark, and/or other restrictions on its reproduction, especially in commercial contexts. The copyright is likely held by the government or agency in question. It is believed that the use of images of seals
qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Use of this seal here does not imply endorsement by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor does it imply endorsement of Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation by the organization. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos for more information. |
Fair use rationale
| Description |
Seal of Long Beach, New York. |
|---|---|
| Source |
Copied from LongBeachNY.org (and modified), and intellectual property owned by the City of Long Beach, as specified in the Code of Ordinances. |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
Whole seal used to avoid misrepresenting image. |
| Low resolution? |
Sufficient resolution for illustration, but considerably lower resolution than original. |
| Purpose of use |
Seal is used for purposes of illustration in the Long Beach, New York article, a subject of public interest. |
| Replaceable? |
Protected by copyright and trademark, therefore a free use alternative won't exist. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Long Beach, New York//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Long_Beach,_New_York_seal_large.pngtrue | |
File history
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| current | 23:20, 9 March 2010 | | 325 × 320 (99 KB) | DASHBot (talk | contribs) | Bot: Rescaling Fair Use Image (shutoff) |
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This page was last edited on 16 August 2023, at 18:48