Flag_of_the_Vice_President_of_the_United_States_(1915,_unofficial).svg
Description Flag of the Vice President of the United States (1915, unofficial).svg |
The unofficial flag of the Vice President of the United States , used on two (known) occasions, one in 1915 and one in 1919 when Vice President Thomas Marshall was representing President Wilson. The design, which was decided upon by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, was essentially the same as the President's flag of the time (Navy version), except with a white background. The dimensions were supposed to be the same as the President's flag, which for size #1 was 10.2 by 16 feet (used here), and size #6 was 3.6 by 5.13 feet There is no known order or regulation which made this flag official; the first official Vice President's flag came in 1936. The flagmaking order specified for the colors: [1]
Another contemporary description said: [2]
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Source | Version of File:US Presidential Flag Navy 1899.svg , with the colors changed. SVG Great Seal in turn taken from File:US-OfficeOfManagementAndBudget-Seal.svg , a U.S. Government work | |||||||
Author | U.S. Government | |||||||
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