 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  DRAMATIC, HAND-PAINTED, PATRIOTIC BANNER WITH A SCREAMING EAGLE, WINGS RAISED TO ENVELOPE A BILLOWING AMERICAN FLAG; HAND-PAINTED ON SATIN, IN THE POPULAR MANNER OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATORS; SIGNED “A. BUCCINI, N.Y.C.”, COPYRIGHTED & DATED 1918 (CLOSING YEAR OF WWI)
Web ID: pat-837  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  SWALLOW-TAILED PARADE FLAG PENNANT / BANNER, WITH A BOLD ILLUSTRATION OF AN EAGLE CARRYING THE LIBERTY BELL, MADE TO CELEBRATE THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE; THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE OF ITS KIND
Web ID: pat-832  ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A WHIMSICAL PRESENTATION OF 13 STARS IN THE 4-5-4 PATTERN, A VERY EARLY EXAMPLE, MADE circa 1835-1850’s, BOLDY GRAPHIC, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN AND IN A TINY SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS, PROBABLY A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN
Web ID: 13j-1735  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
Web ID: 13j-1704  13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN ATTRACTIVE & WHIMSICAL PRESENTATION OF THE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION; A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE, LAST DECADE 19th CENTURY
Web ID: 13j-1702  EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, 1876 EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL FLAG OF AMERICA, THE “GRAND UNION” OR “CONTINENTAL COLORS,” MADE TO CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, ALMOST CERTAINLY FOR DISPLAY AT THE CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN PHILADELPHIA
Web ID: ofj-1005  45 STARS IN STAGGERED ROWS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE 1896-1908 PERIOD, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTING UTAH STATEHOOD
Web ID: 45j-1019  29 STARS IN A SPECTACULAR CROSS OR STARBURST MEDALLION, ONE OF JUST TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES IN THIS STYLE, PRE-CIVIL WAR, 1846-48, MEXICAN WAR PERIOD, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF IOWA AS THE 29TH STATE; FORMERLY AMONG THE POSSESSIONS OF CORPORAL NATHANIEL POWERS, COLOR BEARER IN THE 10TH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, WHO LOST HIS ARM AT THE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS, VIRGINIA IN 1862; THE FLAG-ITS STAFF WRAPPED IN BLACK CREPE—IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO MOURNERS IN THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON, DC, ON
Web ID: 29j-819  38 STARS IN AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE “GREAT-STAR-IN-A-WREATH” CONFIGURATION, 1876-1889, REFLECTS THE ADMISSION OF COLORADO AS THE CENTENNIAL STATE
Web ID: 38j-945  SPECTACULAR 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A RARE VARIANT OF THE "GREAT STAR" PATTERN THAT INCLUDES A STAR BETWEEN EACH ARM, LIKELY MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF COLORADO AS THE CENTENNIAL STATE, 1876-1889
Web ID: 38j-959  ANTIQUE AMERICAN PRIVATE YACHT FLAG / ENSIGN WITH 13 STARS AND A CANTED ANCHOR, circa 1895 – 1940
Web ID: 13j-1734  34 STAR MERINO WOOL FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WITH ITS STARS ORIENTED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS ON A PERIWINKLE BLUE CANTON; HIGHLY UNUSUAL; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS TO THE UNION AS A FREE STATE, circa 1861-1863
Web ID: 34j-1029  EXTRAORDINARY CIVIL WAR ERA FLAG, WITH 13 HAND-SEWN STARS ARRANGED IN A VARIANT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE TRUMBULL PATTERN, FEATURING A HUGE, UPSIDE-DOWN CENTER STAR, AND THE EXTREMELY RARE TRAIT OF HAVING A DIFFERENT STAR COUNT ON THE REVERSE, WHICH DISPLAYS 36 STARS; HANDED DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILY OF GROVE H. "STOWE" DUDLEY OF THE 100th INDIANA, circa 1864-67
Web ID: 13j-1708  34 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, LARGE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS, WITH EXTENSIVE AND ENDEARING WEAR FROM OBVIOUS LONG-TERM USE; REFLECTS THE ERA WHEN KANSAS WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1861-63
Web ID: 34j-950
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