 28 STAR, HOMEMADE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON RESTING ON THE “BLOOD” STRIPE; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF TEXAS ON DEC. 29th, 1845; MEXICAN-WAR ERA; ONE OF THE RAREST STAR COUNTS OF THE 19th CENTURY, OFFICIAL FOR JUST ONE YEAR (1846-47); THE COMPLEMENT OF 14 STRIPES DISPLAYS NATIONAL DISUNION, REFLECTING ALL OF THE SLAVE-HOLDING STATES SAVE DELAWARE, WHERE THE INSTITUTION HAD BEEN DWINDLING FOR DECADES & POLITICIANS COULD NOT BE TRUSTED TO VOTE WITH A UNIFIED BLOC
Web ID: 28j-807  35 STARS IN A DYNAMIC “GREAT STAR” PATTERN, WITH A HUGE CENTER STAR THAT HAS AN UNUSUAL RIBBON ROSETTE, AND LARGE STARS FLANKING IN EACH CORNER, ON A CIVIL WAR PERIOD FLAG, HANDED DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILY OF LT. JOHN POLLOCK (KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS, VIRGINIA), SAID TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY COMPANY “A” OF THE 61ST PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS; THIS REGIMENT LOST MORE OFFICERS THAN ANY OTHER IN FEDERAL SERVICE
Web ID: 35j-899  "RALLY FREEMEN! COME ONE! COME ALL! AND SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH." A CIVIL WAR RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE FOR THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, COMPANY F, DESIGNATED AS THE 187TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY, ESCORTED LINCOLN'S BODY WITH PHILADELPHIA'S 1ST CITY TROOP
Web ID: pat-431  34 STARS IN A RARE “GREAT STAR” PATTERN THAT INCORPORATES HUGE CORNER STARS, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG MADE DURING THE OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, circa 1861-63; REFLECTS KANSAS STATEHOOD
Web ID: 34j-900  ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 48 STARS, A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, MADE IN JANUARY OF 1944, DURING WWII (U.S. INVOLVEMENT 1941-45), AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, FORMER HEADQUARTERS OF THE PACIFIC FLEET, WITH ENDEARING WEAR FROM LONG-TERM USE
Web ID: 48j-1090  31 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE PRE-CIVIL WAR ERA, MADE OF SILK, WITH METALLIC BULLION STARS & FRINGE AND WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE ‘WAR STRIPE,” REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF CALIFORNIA AS THE 16TH FREE STATE, circa 1850-1858, IN THE WAKE OF THE GOLD RUSH
Web ID: 31j-813  RARE 1984 RONALD REAGAN vs. WALTER MONDALE DEBATE POSTER, ADVERTISING THE EVENT AT THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, WHERE REAGAN FAMOUSLY QUIPPED: “I WILL NOT MAKE AGE AN ISSUE OF THIS CAMPAIGN”
Web ID: pat-721  13 STARS IN A CRUDE SINGLE WREATH, REMINISCENT OF THE BETSY ROSS PATTERN, BUT RENDERED AS MORE OF AN OVAL; AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE & STAR CONFIGURATION FOR THE PERIOD; SIGNED BY THE SHOP OF PROMINENT FLAG-MAKER WILLIAM SCHEIBLE OF PHILADELPHIA, SITUATED JUST TWO BLOCKS FROM BOTH INDEPENDENCE HALL & THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE
Web ID: 13j-1738  PILOT HOUSE / TRADE EAGLE ON A HALF-GLOBE PERCH, HAND-MADE OF MOLDED COPPER, LIKELY ON AN IRON FRAMEWORK, circa 1860-1890
Web ID: pat-748  CARVED, SPREAD-WINGED EAGLE PEDIMENT WITH TERRIFIC FORM AND EXCEPTIONAL SURFACE, AMERICAN, circa 1850-1880
Web ID: pat-792  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  13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN OF ESPECIALLY LARGE STARS; A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, ALMOST CERTAINLY MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, circa 1906-1912, LARGER THAN THE SPECIFIED DIMENSIONS & UNCHARACTERISTICALLY UNSIGNED; EXTREMELY RARE
Web ID: 13j-1710  PORTRAIT STYLE KERCHIEF FROM THE 1952 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF REPUBLICAN IKE EISENHOWER, FORMER SUPREME COMMANDER OF ALLIED FORCES IN EUROPE DURING WWII (NATO)
Web ID: ker-222  ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH 13 STARS IN A SPECTACULAR PINWHEEL STYLE “GREAT STAR”; A MASTERPIECE OF EARLY AMERICAN FLAG-MAKING, ONE OF JUST TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES WITH A VARIANT OF THIS DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION, AND ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL KNOWN 13 STAR FLAGS OF ANY PERIOD
Web ID: 13j-1740  ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION, MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, IN AN EXTRAORDINARY AND VERY DESIRABLE SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS
Web ID: 13j-1760  ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, CIVIL WAR PERIOD APRON WITH 13 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS & 13 STRIPES, OF A TYPE WORN BY YOUNG WOMEN AT BENEFITS FOR THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION, WHICH STAFFED, FUNDED, & MODERNIZED CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS, PREDECESSOR TO THE RED CROSS, 1861-1865
Web ID: pat-818  13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, A HOMEMADE EXAMPLE WITH AN INCREDIBLY RARE CONFIGURATION OF STARS THAT CONSISTS OF A BOX OF 9 WITH 4 OUTLIERS, SET AGAINST A LIGHT BLUE CANTON; LIKELY MADE IN CELEBRATION OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE; EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, JUNE-JULY 2019
Web ID: 13j-1527  13 STARS ON A DUSTY BLUE CANTON, IN AN OVAL VERSION OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE 3RD MARYLAND PATTERN, MADE DURING THE LAST DECADE OF THE 19TH CENTURY, MARKED WITH THE SURNAME “NYE”
Web ID: 13j-1737  38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH JUSTIFIED ROWS OF 7-6-6-6-6-7 AND SCATTERED STAR ORIENTATION, MADE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889
Web ID: 38j-1191  24 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE IN THE PERIOD WHEN MISSOURI WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1821-1836; AN EXTREMELY RARE STAR COUNT; EXPERTLY SEWN, BUT WITH HIGHLY UNUSUAL, SINGLE-APPLIQUED STARS THAT EXPOSE A PECULIARLY SMALL WINDOW ON THE REVERSE; EXHIBITED JUNE- SEPTEMBER, 2021 AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Web ID: 24j-803
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