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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
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Extracted from Census Bureau Identification Standards PDF (direct PDF URL [1]).
Earlier version from http://www.commerce.gov/opa/photo/Census/events.html
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current21:09, 24 February 2008300×302 (62 KB)Clindberg (New version, extracted from http://www.census.gov/procur/www/dads2/idmanual.pdf)
07:55, 18 May 2005130×131 (7 KB)Shizhao (From http://www.commerce.gov/opa/photo/Census/events.html {{PD-USGov}} en:Image:Census Bureau seal.jpg)
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