Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

YELLOW SUFFRAGETTE SASH RIBBON MADE FOR CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT'S "WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY" OF NEW YORK CITY, CA 1912-20 
YELLOW FELT SUFFRAGETTE FLAG, MADE FOR CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT'S "WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY" OF NEW YORK CITY, CA 1912-20, THE ONLY EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED, CA 1910-20, FOUND WITH A LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE HEADQUARTERS OF PHILADELPHIA 
LARGE TRIANGULAR SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT AND TWO 1915 PENNSYLVANIA SUFFRAGE PINBACKS 
35 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, IN A DESIRABLE SMALL SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS, REFLECTS THE TIME DURING WHICH WEST VIRGINIA WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1863-1865 
42 STARS, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD 
COLORADO STATE FLAG, MADE BY ANNIN & COMPANY OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY, circa 1935-1944, FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF FLAG EXPERT WHITNEY SMITH, THE MAN WHO COINED THE TERM VEXILLOLOGY 
13 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS AND EXPERTLY HAND-SEWN STRIPES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE IN PHILADELPHIA BY SARAH M. WILSON, GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF BETSY ROSS, SIGNED & DATED 1908 
46 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, SIGNED BY THE MAKER, M.G. COPELAND OF WASHINGTON, D.C., 1907-1912, OKLAHOMA STATEHOOD 
34 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD (1861-63), WITH WOVEN STRIPES AND PRESS-DYED OR PRINTED STARS, POSSIBLY MADE IN NEW YORK BY THE ANNIN COMPANY, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS TO THE UNION, 1861-1863 
TRIANGULAR FELT SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT AND WEAR FROM OBVIOUS LONG-TERM USE, 1910-20 
45 STARS ON AN ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE DENIM BLUE CANTON, A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF A COTTON BUNTING FLAG OF THIS PERIOD, 1896-1908, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, UTAH STATEHOOD 
13 STARS IN A MEDALLION PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 
45 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE 1896-1908 PERIOD, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTS UTAH STATEHOOD 
13 STARS IN A MEDALLION PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 
ANTIQUE CALIFORNIA "BEAR" FLAG WITH A 1912 INSCRIPTION, JUST ONE YEAR AFTER THE DESIGN WAS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED AS THE STATE FLAG, AND THE EARLIEST DATED EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE, SIGNED “D & M Co” 
RARE 13 STAR PARADE FLAG DATING TO THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD (1861-65) OR PRIOR, WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL SNOWFLAKE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF 13 STARS 
SUFFRAGETTE TROLLEY POSTER WITH EXCEPTIONAL "DANCE WITH YOU, MARRY YOU, VOTE WITH YOU..." SLOGAN, AND IN THE TRADITIONAL SUFFRAGE COLORS, MADE IN NEW YORK FOR A CONSORTIUM OF SUFFRAGE ORGANIZATIONS, HEADQUARTERED IN EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY 
IRONSTONE PLATE WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, MADE JOHN MADDOCK & SONS FOR SUFFRAGIST AVA BELMONT FOR MARBLE HOUSE, HER FAMOUS ESTATE IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CA 1914 
48 STAR VINTAGE AMERICAN FLAG WITH "VICTORY AT WAKE ISLAND" AND "U.S. MARINE CORPS" OVERPRINTS, MADE TO CELEBRATE THE TRIUMPHANT DEFENSE OF THIS REMOTE AMERICAN BASE AGAINST REPEATED JAPANESE ATTACKS IN 1941, AT THE OUTSET OF WWII 
13 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS AND EXPERTLY HAND-SEWN STRIPES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE IN PHILADELPHIA IN BY RACHEL ALBRIGHT, GRANDDAUGHTER OF BETSY ROSS, SIGNED AND DATED 1903