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California is turning 175 years old later this year. To mark the occasion, we will be looking at several aspects of the state seal, as well as the nation’s seal and those of other states.

The California State Capitol Museum tells the seal’s history: “The Great Seal of the State of California was designed and approved at the 1849 Monterey Constitutional Convention.