File:BOAC Coat of Arms.png
BOAC_Coat_of_Arms.png (348 × 285 pixels, file size: 252 KB, MIME type: image/png)
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Summary[edit]
| Description |
This is the logo owned by BOAC (Now British Airways) for British Overseas Airways Corporation. It is a historical logo. Its historical usage is as follows: this was the coat of arms of the now defunct BOAC. |
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| Source |
printed magazine advert |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image. |
| Low resolution? |
no higher resolution version available online |
| Purpose of use |
The image is used to identify the organization British Overseas Airways Corporation, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the organization, assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the organization, and illustrate the organization's intended branding message in a way that words alone could not convey. |
| Replaceable? |
no other version available online |
| Other information |
Use of the logo in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy, logo guidelines, and fair use under United States copyright law as described above. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of British Overseas Airways Corporation//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BOAC_Coat_of_Arms.pngtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
 | This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright. The use of low-resolution images on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, of logos for certain uses involving identification and critical commentary may qualify as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Certain commercial use of this image may also be trademark infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos.
Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa. |
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| current | 00:23, 2 September 2019 | | 348 × 285 (252 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
| 03:54, 27 December 2011 | No thumbnail | 358 × 294 (269 KB) | DASHBot (talk | contribs) | Bot: Rescaling Fair Use Image (shutoff) |
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