1903 - Bear Flag Pole, Sonoma

This is a photograph of the Bear Flag Pole in Sonoma Plaza as of 1903 when the trees in the plaza were relatively small.

Bear Flag at Yahoo! HQ

This is an October 24, 2009 photograph from Flickr taken by Sally McBurney of the Bear Flag plus flying at the Headquarters of Yahoo!

California Flag Cigar Box

This photograph is from a brief 2008 article The Exotic Pleasures of Cigar Box Art: A Collector Discusses His Passion by Carolyn Wiley at www.instoneinc.com/news1.htm. The article reports on the collection of Rupert Knowles and discusses this rare box which shows the California Bear Flag. The water and building may be from San Francisco.

San Francisco Ferry Building & Bear Flag

This is a June 22, 2008 posted photograph at sfphotorama.com showing the San Francisco Ferry Building on the Embarcadero near the Bay end of Market St, along with the building's clock and a nice capturing of the California Bear Flag.

Sikhs Carrying Bear Flag

This is a photograph by S. Khalsa at the head of the Guru Gadee parade with one of the saffron robed marchers carrying hr California Bear Flag. This image is from the About.com page on sikhism.

2009 Photograph of Bear Flag Mural, Oakland

This is a 11/12/2009 post of a photograph on the Oaktown Art blog showing a mural of the flags of the City of Oakland, the U.S. flag and the Bear Flag. The Bear on the Bear Flag is a little odd, don't ya think?

1900 Semi-Centennial Bear Flag

These are photographs of a 1900 5' x 8' Bear Flag celebrating the Semi-Centennial of California Admission into the Union. The last image was flipped via photoshop. The flag is the reverse of what is usually shown. Notice also that there is no real grass plat on which the bear stands. This flag has just joined the collection of the Bear Flag Museum.

Bear Flag at 2008 4th of July Parade

This is a photograph from Flickr of the Bear Flag being paraded on the 4th of July of 2008 in the Woodacre, CA parade.

Bear Flag in San Jose

This is a recent photograph of the Bear Flag along with other flags in San Jose, CA .

Bear Flag on Sacramento sign

These photographs were taken in a Reno NV antique store on 02/14/2010 and show a Sacramento, CA sign with the California Bear Flag.

California State of the Economy Bear Flag

A recent cartoon design of the Bear Flag opining on the difficult status of California's economy in the face of the real estate and general economy as well as the problems of California's government to address these problems.

Native Daughters Emblem in Parade

This is a September 2009 photograph from Flickr by Jill Hildreth showing the Native Daughters of the Golden West in a parade with their emblem on a banner showing the Bear Flag.

Bear Flag Outside Home

This is a nice 2008 photograph from Flickr by juhansonin showing the California Bear Flag flying outside of a residence.

NSGW Standing Bear Admission Day Flag

This is a photograph of a Standing Bear Flag on a dance card from the 1894 NSGW Admission Day Celebration in San Jose, CA. The Bear Flag Museum recently acquired the original of this item.

Obama in front of Bear Flag

Photograph of Barack Obama campaigning in front of a California Bear Flag in 2008, during the Presidential campaign.

Bear Flag over L.A. Mark Taper Forum

A 1960s photograph of the Mark Taper Forum in downtown Los Angeles, with the Bear Flag proudly flying. This photograph is now in the collection of the Bear Flag Museum.

Curious Alterations of the Bear Flag

Two small recent, but curious alterations of the California Bear Flag.

James Henley on the N.S.G.W.

Bear Flag at Pier

This is a photograph from Photobucket showing the Bear Flag at the end of a pier over a lake, and taken by HJTerrell.

Mary Pickford's California Bear Flag

This is a photograph found at Photobucket by lynaz03 showing a California Bear Flag which was originally owned by Mary Pickford. It is or was displayed at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Mary Pickford (1892 -1979) was a Canadian-born motion picture acress, co-founder of the film studion United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She was known as "America's Sweetheart."

Black Light, CA License Bear Flag - Way Cool

This is a 1/23/2006 Flickr photograph by tellumo of a California Driver's License under a black light & showing the Bear Flag. Pretty darn cool, don't you think!

The Tule Devils Flag

The Tule Devils are a five member blues/jam band/southern rock band hailing from Visalia, CA. This is an image of their flag, although we are not sure if it has ever actually been turned into a textile flag to date.

Bear Flag Video from You Tube

Interesting Toned Bear Flag Photograph

This is a February 7, 2009 photograph found at Flickr and taken by C1ssou. We really like the tone of this image.

Bear Flag, U.S. Flag, Piano, & Stained Glass

This is a recent photograph, we believe from Flickr, showing a California Bear Flag in a room with the U. S. Flag, a grand piano, a stained glass window, & plenty of dark wood. The Bear Flag is a pretty standard 3' x 5' design with 12 tufts on the grass plat.

Bear Birds of California

This is a photograph of artwork of California freelance artist David Macias, operating under the name of Art of Fre. He calls the bear with wings a California Bear Bird. We found this image a zazzle.com in January 2010.