Keywords: District of Columbia flag Mel Hazen.jpg Photograph en At last the District of Columbia is to have it's own official flag George Washington's family shield of red and white--two red bars 3 red stars on a white background-- is the design just approved by the flag commission created by Congress D C Commissioner Melvin Hazen who chose the design is pictured with the new banner 10/17/38 Harris Ewing photographer 1938 October 17 1 negative glass 4 x 5 in or smaller accession number LC-DIG-hec-25198 digital file from original negative Call Number LC-H22-D- 4724 P P Institution Library of Congress LOC-image hec 25198 Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication <gallery> 25198a tif tif </gallery> Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris Ewing Collection Gift; Harris Ewing Inc 1955 General information about the Harris Ewing Collection is available at http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp hec Temp note Batch five DC Past http //dcpast com/post/44672315245/district-of-columbia-flag-1938 Custom license marker 2013 10 16 PD-Harris-Ewing Uploaded with UploadWizard Washington D C in the 1930s Melvin Hazen |