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English: This image is a copy of the official seal of the City of Chicago, Illinois, as designed and adopted by the City in 1905. As such, it is a work authored before 1922, and is therefore in the public domain. An 1895 edition of the seal can be seen here. This image is in the w:en:public domain due to its age.
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The coat of arms drawn in 1918.
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