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[[File:Tampa seal.svg|thumb|right|200px|Tampa City Seal]] |
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The '''seal of Tampa''' is [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] government's official [[Seal (device)|seal]]. The seal was made in [[Italy]] in the 1920s by Val Antuono, Sr.<ref>[http://blog.visittampabay.com/blog/things-to-do-in-tampa-bay/0/0/a-bit-of-history History of the seal of Tampa]</ref> |
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==Design== |
==Design== |
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The seal portrays a replica of the steam sailing vessel, the “Mascotte,” ''(pronounced Masco’)'' and named for an operetta<ref>[http://blog.visittampabay.com/blog/things-to-do-in-tampa-bay/0/0/a-bit-of-history History of the seal of Tampa]</ref>. The outside parameter shows the "City of Tampa, Florida" and "July 15, 1887", the date in which the city was organized under a special act of the Florida Legislature. The seal shown was created by Margaret Joan Hug, a city of Tampa |
The seal portrays a replica of the steam sailing vessel, the “Mascotte,” ''(pronounced Masco’)'' and named for an operetta<ref>[http://blog.visittampabay.com/blog/things-to-do-in-tampa-bay/0/0/a-bit-of-history History of the seal of Tampa]</ref>. The outside parameter shows the "City of Tampa, Florida" and "July 15, 1887", the date in which the city was organized under a special act of the Florida Legislature. The seal shown was created by Margaret Joan Hug, a city of Tampa employee. She created (updated) the seal in the late 1970's or early 1980's. Margaret was born on April 4, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 05:27, 23 November 2010
The seal of Tampa is Tampa government's official seal. The seal was made in Italy in the 1920s by Val Antuono, Sr.[1]
Design
The seal portrays a replica of the steam sailing vessel, the “Mascotte,” (pronounced Masco’) and named for an operetta[2]. The outside parameter shows the "City of Tampa, Florida" and "July 15, 1887", the date in which the city was organized under a special act of the Florida Legislature. The seal shown was created by Margaret Joan Hug, a city of Tampa employee. She created (updated) the seal in the late 1970's or early 1980's. Margaret was born on April 4, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan
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