English: The Bear Flag draped and tied around the Bear Flag Monument, Sonoma, ca.1915 Photograph of the Bear Flag draped and tied around the Bear Flag Monument, Sonoma, ca.1915. The white flag shows a star and a bear in the upper left corner and a stripe at the bottom. The flag is draped across a large boulder with a plaque commemorating the history of the flag. The plaque reads: "Bear Flag, raised June 14, 1846, erected July 4, 1907, S.V.W.O.". Trees and a building are visible in the background.; "Historic California Bear Flag as photographed in 1890. This flag, raised at Sonoma on June 14, 1846, was in the possession of the Society of California Pioneers at the time of the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire, and burned during the conflagration. According to the California Blue Book: 'the flag was designed by William Todd on a piece of new unbleached cotton. The star imitated the lone star of Texas. A grizzly bear represented the many bears seen in the state. The word, 'California Republic' was placed beneath the star and bear. The Bear Flag was replaced by the American flag. It was adopted by the 1911 State Legislature as the State Flag.'" -- unknown author.; "This monument was erected by the Native Sons of the Golden West and the state of California to commemorate the raising of the Bear Flag on this spot, June 14, 1846 by the Bear Flag Party and their declaration of the freedom of California from Mexican rule. On July 9, 1846, the Bear Flag was hauled down and the American flag here raised in its place by Lieutenant Joseph W. Revere U.S.A. who was sent to Sonoma from San Francisco by Commander John B. Montgomery of the U.S. sloop of war Portsmouth, following the raising of the American flag at Monterey July 7, 1846 by Commodore John Drake Sloat." -- unknown author. Call number: CHS-5664; CHS-5664B Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 Filename: CHS-5664; CHS-5664B Coverage date: circa 1915 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Sonoma Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 5664; 5664B Microfiche number: 1-214- Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): monuments Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1915 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Sonoma County -- Sonoma Legacy record ID: chs-m17436; USC-1-1-1-14350 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Sonoma Subject (lcsh): Buildings; Flags