Primary Source Spotlight: Great Seal of the United States

Images

• Great Seal of the United States
• Reverse of the great seal of the United States
• Detail of northwest medallion at base (Great Seal of the United States) – District of Columbia War Memorial
• Great Seal of The United States made with lace
• Pic of the Week: A Great Seal Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business blog post April 29, 2011
• Great seal of the U.S. embossing machine
• Affixes U.S. seal to all state documents
• Parade viewing stand with the Great Seal of the United States
• Woodrow Wilson speaking at his first inauguration with the Great Seal of the United States hanging below him

Great Seal of the United States, Explanation of Design Continental Congress, June 20, 1782

The great seal of the United States 1941 broadside

S.Res.394 – A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to commemorate the bicentennial of the Great Seal of the United States

Periodical articles

• “Great Seal of the United States” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Volume 13, Issue 74, July 1856
• “Great Seal of the United States” The Galaxy Volume 23, Issue 5, May 1877

Historical newspaper covers for Great Seal of the United States

Our National Bird In Custodia Legis blog November 27, 2015

U.S. symbols primary source collections

• U.S. symbols primary source set (includes teacher’s guide)
• Flag Day
• Uncle Sam & James Montgomery Flagg
• Statue of Liberty
• Star Spangled Banner