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English: Reconstruction of the first (unofficial) flag of the state of New Mexico (1915 - 1925), designed by Col. Ralph E. Twitchell. For another reconstruction (with somewhat different proportions and monochrome seal), see plate XXXVI, page 152 of The Flag Book of the United States by Whitney Smith (William Morrow and Company, 1970).
The San Diego World's Fair of 1915, which occurred three years after New Mexico's admission to the union, featured an exhibit hall where all U.S. state flags were displayed; lacking an official flag, New Mexico displayed an unofficial one designed by Ralph Emerson Twitchell, the mayor of the state capital, Santa Fe.
New Hampshire: 1909 1931 New Hampshire: New Jersey: 1896 New Jersey: New Mexico: 1915 1920 New Mexico: New York: 1778 1901 2020 New York: North Carolina: 1861 1885 1991 North Carolina: North Dakota: 1911 North Dakota: Ohio: 1902 Ohio: Oklahoma: 1911 1925 1941 1988 2006 Oklahoma: Oregon / 1925 Oregon: Pennsylvania: 1907 Pennsylvania: Rhode ...
Flag: Flag of New Mexico (1925) [3] Seal: Seal of New Mexico (1913) ... Spanish: A Nuevo México, To New Mexico: 1991 Tie Bolo tie: 2007 Ship: USS New Mexico: 1918–1946
On July 4, 1912, the official flag design jumped from 46 to 48 stars, and there never was an official 47-star flag. The provenance of the museum's 47-star flag is unknown, although it presumably was manufactured to celebrate New Mexico's entry into the Union. [2] The flag hung for many years in a bar in Blue Lake, California.
Ralph Emerson Twitchell (1859–1925) was an American attorney, historian, and politician who served as the mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico and chairman of the Rio Grande Commission, which drafted a treaty between the United States and Mexico leading to the building of the Elephant Butte Dam.
See also: Flags of the U.S. states and territories A 2.00 m × 1.70 m oil painting showing historical US flags. This is a list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States of America, as well as other flags used within the United States, such as the flags of governmental agencies. There are also separate flags for embassies and ships. National flags ...
On January 6, 1912, after years of debate on whether the population of New Mexico was fully assimilated into American culture, or too immersed in corruption, President William Howard Taft twisted arms in Congress and it approved admission of New Mexico as the 47th state of the Union. [56]