File:Santa Cruz County Flag.gif

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Description	Image of Santa Cruz County Flag with color stripes and redwood tree
Author or copyright owner	Ed Penniman
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Flags of the World Immediate source: https://www.fotw.info/flags/us-ca-sz.html
Date of publication	May 1, 2001
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Santa Cruz, California
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Image of Santa Cruz County's official Flag
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Free illustration could not be found
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The use of a low resolution image of a work's cover will not impact the commercial viability of the work.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as the Santa Cruz county flag art. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show the primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for. To "illustrate" the article.. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Santa Cruz, California//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Cruz_County_Flag.giftrue

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Santa Cruz, California