 RARE SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT WITH ICONIC BUGLER / "CLARION GIRL" IMAGE, BEARING A SUFFRAGE FLAG 10 STARS, THE LARGEST TO REPRESENT SUCCESS IN ILLINOIS IN 1913; MADE FOR HARRIOT STANTON EATON BLANCH'S WOMENS POLITICAL UNION IN NYC, SIGNED & PATENT-DATED BY THE MAKER
Web ID: ws-148  ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE FOR THE 1860 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN & HANNIBAL HAMLIN, WITH 31 STARS IN A FANCIFUL STARBURST OR ‘GREAT STAR-IN-A-SQUARE’ MEDALLION; ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST GRAPHIC OF ALL CONFIGURATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN 19TH CENTURY EXAMPLES; THE ONLY KNOWN LINCOLN CAMPAIGN FLAG IN THIS STYLE, AND ONE OF JUST 3 PARADE FLAGS OF ANY SORT THAT SHARE THIS SPECTACULAR STAR ARRANGEMENT
Web ID: 31j-860  CONFEDERATE 1st NATIONAL PATTERN COMPANY FLAG (A.K.A., "STARS & BARS"), CARRIED BY THE “GRIMES COUNTY GREYS,” FORMALLY DESIGNATED “G” COMPANY OF THE 4th TEXAS INFANTRY, INTEGRAL TO HOOD’S FAMOUS “TEXAS BRIGADE,” ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA; ATTRIBUTED TO FLAG MAKER HENRY CASSIDY OF NEW ORLEANS; SENT TO THE FAMILY OF SGT. JAMES L. GOULD IN 1863, FOLLOWING HIS DEATH AT LITTLE ROUND TOP, GETTYSBURG
Web ID: fcj-951  13 STARS IN A LOPSIDED, OVAL WREATH, SURROUNDING A FANCIFULLY HAND-PAINTED EAGLE, SIGNED “J.L. SEARING,” WITH A GARLAND-LADEN STREAMER THAT READS: "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", ON A HOMEMADE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH 44 STARS ON THE OPPOSING SIDE, MADE IN LOST SPRINGS KANSAS [MARION CO.], FOR A VETERAN OF BOTH THE MEXICAN AND CIVIL WARS WHO SETTLED THERE; REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN WYOMING WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1890-1896
Web ID: 13j-1724  42 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, MONTANA, AND THE DAKOTAS, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, circa 1889-1890
Web ID: 42j-932  UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS PENNANT OF NOTABLE WEIGHT & QUALITY, IN THE OLD COLOR SCHEME, MADE DURING OR IN THE WAKE OF WWII
Web ID: pat-820  48 STARS CANTED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT IN DANCING ROWS, A RARE VARIETY OF ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG IN A LARGE SCALE, 1912-1918 OR PERHAPS EARLIER, REFLECTS ARIZONA & NEW MEXICO STATEHOOD
Web ID: 48j-1071  38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG IN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SCALE, WITH ENDEARING WAR FROM OBVIOUS LONG-TERM USE, AND WITH DANCING ROWS IN AN HOURGLASS FORMATION; COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889
Web ID: 38j-1183  38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION, MADE BY THE U.S. BUNTING COMPANY IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, REFLECTS THE ERA OF COLORADO STATEHOOD, circa 1876-1889
Web ID: 38j-1185  31 STARS IN A FANCIFUL STARBURST OR "GREAT STAR-IN-A-SQUARE", ONE OF THE MOST RARE AND INTERESTING CONFIGURATIONS THAT A COLLECTOR CAN ENCOUNTER, ON A PRE-CIVIL WAR PARADE FLAG, CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD, 1850-1858
Web ID: 31j-839  37 STARS IN A VERY RARE DIAMOND CONFIGURATION, WITH PILLARS OF STARS ON EITHER SIDE, NEARLY IDENTICAL TO A LARGER EXAMPLE PRESENTED BY CIVIL WAR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN AS THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG EVER CONSTRUCTED OF ENTIRELY AMERICAN-MADE MATERIALS, JUST 3 DAYS PRIOR TO HIS 1865 ASSASSINATION; THIS STAR COUNT ANTICIPATORY TO THE FUTURE ADDITION OF NEBRASKA
Web ID: 37j-854  RARE & BEAUTIFUL 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, AN INDIAN WAR PERIOD MILITARY GUIDON, MADE OF SILK AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH EMBROIDERED STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
Web ID: 38j-1047  ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WITH 13 SINGLE-APPLIQUED STARS IN A BEAUTIFUL, OVAL ARRANGEMENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE 3RD MARYLAND PATTERN, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN THE 1850’s AND THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65)
Web ID: 13j-1673  13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD (1861-1865), HOMEMADE AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, AND WITH 9 STRIPES TO REFLECT THE OMISSION OF NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AND VIRGINIA, THE 4 SLAVE STATES AMONG THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES THAT SECEDED FROM THE UNION
Web ID: 13j-1732  13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN OF ESPECIALLY LARGE STARS; A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, SIGNED & DATED 1914, MADE AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD IN NEW YORK CITY
Web ID: 13j-1722  SWALLOW-TAILED PARADE FLAG PENNANT / BANNER WITH AN IMAGE OF THE LIBERTY BELL BEFORE A FANNED ARRAY OF FLAGS & 13 STARS, MADE TO CELEBRATE THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, UNIQUE AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES
Web ID: pat-831  33 STARS IN A DOUBLE-WREATH CONFIGURATION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG DATING IMMEDIATELY PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE WAR'S OPENING YEAR, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF OREGON TO THE UNION, 1859-1861
Web ID: 33j-872  34 UPSIDE-DOWN, HAND-SEWN STARS IN A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WITH A SQUARISH PROFILE AND IN AN EXTREMELY SMALL SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS; FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA & RELATED TO ANOTHER FLAG FOUND IN THE RAFTERS OF A BARN IN PERRY COUNTY; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS AS THE 34TH STATE, circa 1861-1863
Web ID: 34j-995  39 STARS ON A HOMEMADE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE COMBINATION OF JUSTIFIED COLUMNS AND A HUGE, HALOED CENTER STAR, INFUSED AMONG THEM, WITH EXTRAORDINARY COLORS, EXCEPTIONAL VISUAL IMPACT, AND ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE; AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, REFLECT THE ANTICIPATED ARRIVAL OF COLORADO AND THE DAKOTA TERRITORY; LIKELY MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
Web ID: 39j-825  13 STARS WITH SHORT, CONICAL ARMS ON A SMALL SCALE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A BEAUTIFULLY ELONGATED FORMAT AND MUCH PATINA FROM OBVIOUS USE; MADE DURING THE LAST DECADE OF THE 19th CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY J.S. OBERHOLTZER IN GERMANTOWN [PHILADELPHIA], PENNSYLVANIA
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