Oyster Bay, New York (U.S.) (original) (raw)

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[ ](../images/u/us-nyoyb2.gif)image by Masao Okazaki, 29 September 2023
based on photo

• Description of the flag
• Variant flag
• Detail of seal

Municipal flags in Oyster Bay:

See also:

• Nassau County
• County and Municipal flags of New York
• New York
• United States of America

Description of the flag

Oyster Bay has a seal on a plain field (dark background) town flag, for which I can only find a black & white photo. See http://members.aol.com/bsa57/TOB.HTM
Ned Smith, 30 January 2005

Judging from the photo found by Ned, which shows the flag held hung by three people, the background is dark green, and the seal takes up half the height of the flag (2 of 4 folding creases).

The seal shows a seagull in flight, white with its wingtips black, the year 1653 in bold "old style" serif black figures between its wings. (I must say that a 17th century date looks impressively old for a North American location!) The seal rim reads "Town of Oyster Bay" from 8 to 5 o'clock and, separated by middle dots, "New York" in the remaining arc, all set in serif black capitals. On the flag, the seal is shown in golden yellow, with thick black lining, and the gull is filled in white.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 April 2010

Variant flag

[ ](../images/u/us-ny-oyb.gif)image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 April 2010

A flag with a smaller seal is shown in the Mayor office:https://liherald.com/glenhead/
Masao Okazaki, 29 September 2023

Detail of Seal

[ oyb.gif)](../images/u/us-ny%29oyb.gif)image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 April 2010