Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

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-945

WWI BOND DRIVE FLAG WITH A WHIMSICAL & ARTISTICALLY COMPELLING EAGLE, PERCHED DIRECTLY ON THE LOWER EDGE OF THE TEXTILE, WITH WINGS UPSTRETCHED IN A “V” FOR “VICTORY,” CRADLING THE SLOGAN: “VICTORY CHEST 100%;” PRUSSIAN BLUE ON A WHITE GROUND; LIKELY MADE FOR THE 5th BOND SUBSCRIPTION, ISSUED MAY 20th, 1919

Web ID: ofj-1012

13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A SINGLE WREATH OF STARS REMINISCENT OF THE BETSY ROSS PATTERN, BUT RENDERED AS MORE OF AN OVAL, THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THIS EXACT VARIETY THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED, MADE circa 1890-WWI (U.S. INVOLVEMENT 1917-18)

Web ID: 13j-1689

37 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE & SIGNED BY THE ANNIN COMPANY IN NEW YORK CITY, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN AND WITH SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS, IN A SMALL AND VERY DESIRABLE SCALE AMONG THOSE WITH PIECED-AND-SEWN CONSTRUCTION; REFLECTS THE ERA WHEN NEBRASKA WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1867-1876

Web ID: 37j-856

42 HAND-SEWN STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A TWO-TONE, DUSTY BLUE CANTON, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, MONTANA, AND THE DAKOTAS, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, circa 1889-1890

Web ID: 42j-941

ONE OF A TINY GROUP OF SURVIVING ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAGS THAT INCLUDES A RATTLESNAKE, IN A VARIANT OF CLOSELY RELATED DESIGNS FLOWN BY THE COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS NAVY (1775-1776) & POSSIBLY BY THE PENNSYLVANIA NAVY ON THE DELAWARE RIVER (1775 – 1778), ALL WITH A GREEN PINE TREE AS THE CENTRAL DEVICE ON A WHITE FIELD; THIS EXAMPLE MADE circa 1910-1926, WITH A RATTLESNAKE COILED ABOUT ITS BASE AND TWO SLOGANS: “AN APPEAL TO GOD” & “DON’T TREAD ON ME”

Web ID: ofj-1008

44 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH ENDEARING WEAR FROM LONG TERM USE AND WITH ITS STARS ARRANGED IN A NOTCHED PATTERN THAT LEAVES 4 SPACES OPEN FOR THE REMAINING WESTERN TERRITORIES, REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN WYOMING WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1890-1896

Web ID: 44j-922

44 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A TRIPLE WREATH FORM OF THE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, RARE IN THIS PERIOD WITH A CIRCULAR STAR ARRANGEMENT, 1890-1896, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WYOMING TO THE UNION

Web ID: 44j-921

“VICTORY WITH ARMS NEEDS MACHINES ON FARMS”: EXTREMELY RARE WWI POSTER WITH AN EAGLE PERCHED ON A TRACTOR & A TERRIFIC SLOGAN

Web ID: pat-799

"U.S.A." PENNANT WITH A FEDERAL EAGLE, 48 STARS, BEAUTIFUL COLORS, & GREAT GRAPHICS, WWI ERA (1915-1926)

Web ID: pat-797

SAILOR’S SOUVENIR EMBROIDERY FROM THE ORIENT WITH AMERICAN & IRISH PATRIOTIC IMAGERY, SUPPORTING A UNITED, PRO-CATHOLIC IRELAND, circa 1890-1910

Web ID: pat-791

38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG IN A TINY SCALE AMONG THOSE WITH PIECED-AND-SEWN CONSTRUCTION, WITH BEAUTIFUL & UNUSUAL SHADE OF BLUE AND WITH A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION OF STARS THAT LEAVES ROOM FOR WESTERN TERRITORIES THAT HAD YET TO BE ADDED; REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889

Web ID: 38j-1144

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-1167

13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

Web ID: 13j-1692

37 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN THROUGHOUT, WITH JUSTIFIED ROWS OF SINGLE-APPLIQUED STARS, MADE & SIGNED BY THE ANNIN COMPANY IN NEW YORK CITY, WITH SIGNIFICANT WEAR FROM EXTENDED USE; REFLECTS THE ERA WHEN NEBRASKA WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1867-1876

Web ID: 37j-855

BLACK, TASSELLED, EDWARDIAN STYLE PARASOL / UMBRELLA, MADE BY FOLLMER, CLOGG & Co. OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, MODIFIED FOR SUFFRAGETTE USE BY WAY OF AN APPLIED, CHIFFON SILK PANEL WITH FANCIFUL, SCRIPT-EMBROIDERY THAT READS: “GIVE WOMEN THE VOTE,” circa 1900-1915

Web ID: ws-131

38 STARS, COLORADO STATEHOOD, A SCARCE AND BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION PATTERN AND 4 LARGE CORNER STARS, PRESS-DYED ON WOOL BUNTING, MADE BY HORSTMANN BROTHERS IN PHILADELPHIA FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF OUR NATION’S INDEPENDENCE

Web ID: 38j-1154

45 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH ITS STARS ARRANGED IN A NOTCHED PATTERN THAT LEAVES 3 SPACES OPEN FOR THE REMAINING WESTERN TERRITORIES THAT HAD YET TO BE ADDED; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF UTAH AS THE 45TH STATE, 1896-1908

Web ID: 45j-1014

ROLLER-PRINTED YARD GOODS TEXTILE, MADE TO MEMORIALIZE GEORGE WASHINGTON SOMETIME BETWEEN LAFAYETTE’S FINAL VISIT & GRAND TOUR OF AMERICA, FROM 1824-25, AND THE 1832 CELEBRATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S 100th BIRTHDAY

Web ID: pat-596

NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED WATCH FOB WITH A STYLIZED FEDERAL EAGLE & SHIELD AND CROSSED AMERICAN FLAGS, circa 1915-1920’s

Web ID: pat-788

 


[<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 [>]  [>>]