The is a photograph of Monarch the Grizzly Bear as it has been on display at the California Academy of Sciences. Monarch was one of the last surviving California grizzlies. He was kept in captivity for a number of years in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and then stuffed after his death. In the early 1950s, Donald Greame Kelley, who was associated with the California Academy of Sciences, used the stuffed Monarch as one of his sources for the painting of the California grizzly bear which has been used on the California State Flag since 1953.
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