He proposed that the City Counsel form the Chicago Municipal Flag Commission. Kearns felt the city was falling behind other world cities in terms of identity. In the following 10 days the Tribune received 892 entries.The winning entry was submitted by architect Alfred Jensen Roewad.Īnd so, the official Municipal colors adopted by the city were red and white. The idea was embraced and a contest was announced to choose colors for the city. "Almost all European cities have chosen colors, as the universities and colleges have done, and these are called the 'Municipal Colors.' Would it not be well now to see if the authorities of Chicago will not select a color or combination of colors as the 'Municipal Colors' for the city? If this is done, it will simplify the whole matter of civic decorations very much and afford a precedent which will, I am sure, be followed in all great cities of the Union." - MILLET Francis Davis Millet was a local artist and supervisor of sculpture and painting for the exposition.
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