File:"Maryland Welcomes You" road sign, c. October 1981.svg

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Description	English: "Welcome to Maryland" road sign in blue, circa October 1981. By 1999 this style sign had mostly been discontinued though some aging unreplaced examples continued to remain in some locations as late as September 2019.
Date	circa October 1981 date QS:P,+1981-10-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source	Own work
Author	Illegitimate Barrister
Other versions	September 2016; was there in November 2016 but was removed by June 2017. October 2016; still there as of September 2019.

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This file is in the public domain because it comes from the Maryland Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which states specifically in its introduction, on page iii that:

Any traffic control device design or application provision contained in this Manual shall be considered to be in the public domain. Traffic control devices contained in this Manual shall not be protected by a patent, trademark, or copyright, except for the Interstate Shield and any items owned by FHWA.

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current	22:47, 22 October 2021	1,769 × 882 (155 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	fixed text
	22:29, 21 October 2021	1,769 × 882 (114 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	simplyfing!
	22:25, 21 October 2021	1,769 × 882 (116 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	simplyfing
	22:21, 21 October 2021	1,769 × 882 (116 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	node reduction.
	21:58, 21 October 2021	1,769 × 882 (134 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	simplyfing
	18:05, 21 October 2021	1,769 × 882 (180 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	node reduction.
	18:00, 21 October 2021	1,773 × 887 (184 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	node reduction.
	03:30, 21 October 2021	1,773 × 887 (201 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	simplfying some more.
	02:51, 21 October 2021	1,773 × 887 (260 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	simplifyed
	02:28, 21 October 2021	1,773 × 887 (425 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	Uploaded own work with UploadWizard