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City of Long Beach, New York official seal or logo.

Original image [1] courtesy of: LongBeachNY.org; modified image courtesy of Gordon P. Hemsley.

Description

The seal as described in the City of Long Beach Code of Ordinances, § 2-1:

Sec. 2-1. City seal described.

The seal of the city shall be as follows: In the center of a circle there shall be a clock tower with a dome surmounted by a flag. The hands of the clock shall point to half past three and the hours are indicated by Roman numerals. In crescent formation, passing across the center of the flagstaff there shall be five (5) stars. To the left, Neptune is seated, facing the tower and holding a trident in his left hand with the handle resting on the ground. To the right, a mermaid is reclining and facing the tower, her right arm pointing downward, her left arm extended above her head. In the lower rim of the circle shall appear the words, "City of Long Beach, State of New York"; in the upper rim of the circle shall appear the Latin words "Civitas ad mare".
(Code 1957, § 2-103; Ord. No. 7-A, § 1, 10-7-58)

Licensing

This logo is an official seal of a governmental entity or one of its government agencies, and may be subject to copyright, trademark, and/or other restrictions on its reproduction, especially in commercial contexts. The copyright is likely held by the government or agency in question. It is believed that the use of images of seals

to illustrate the government or agency in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement.

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Fair use

Fair use rationale

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Long Beach, New York
Description	Seal of Long Beach, New York.
Source	Copied from LongBeachNY.org (and modified), and intellectual property owned by the City of Long Beach, as specified in the Code of Ordinances.
Article	Long Beach, New York
Portion used	Whole seal used to avoid misrepresenting image.
Low resolution?	Sufficient resolution for illustration, but considerably lower resolution than original.
Purpose of use	Seal is used for purposes of illustration in the Long Beach, New York article, a subject of public interest.
Replaceable?	Protected by copyright and trademark, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Long Beach, New York//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Long_Beach,_New_York_seal_large.pngtrue

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