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Description Seal of the United States Census Bureau. The blazon is defined here as:

On a shield an open book beneath which is a lamp of knowledge emitting rays above in base two crossed quills. Around the whole a wreath of single leaves, surrounded by an outer band bearing between two stars the words ‘‘U.S. Department of Commerce’’ in the upper portion and ‘‘Bureau of the Census’’ in the lower portion, the lettering concentric with

an inner beaded rim and an outer dentilated rim
Source

Extracted from Census Bureau Identification Standards PDF (direct PDF URL [1]).

Earlier version from http://www.commerce.gov/opa/photo/Census/events.html
Author U.S. Government
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current 21:09, 24 February 2008 Thumbnail for version as of 21:09, 24 February 2008300 × 302 (62 KB)ClindbergNew version, extracted from http://www.census.gov/procur/www/dads2/idmanual.pdf
07:55, 18 May 2005 Thumbnail for version as of 07:55, 18 May 2005130 × 131 (7 KB)ShizhaoFrom http://www.commerce.gov/opa/photo/Census/events.html {{PD-USGov}} en:Image:Census Bureau seal.jpg
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