3 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS – 3 WARS: A FUN, INTERESTING, AND RARE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN POSTER FROM EITHER THE 1952 OR 1956 CAMPAIGNS OF EISENHOWER vs. ADALAI STEVENSON, OR PERHAPS THE 1960 CAMPAIGN OF NIXON vs. KENNEDY
Web ID: pat-741 CIVIL WAR PERIOD ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 35 STARS IN A “GREAT STAR” OR “GREAT LUMINARY” PATTERN, A VERY RARE VARIETY WITH AN OPEN, LONE STAR PROFILE, LACKING STARS INSIDE OR BEYOND THE ARRANGEMENT; MADE circa 1863-65, REFLECTS THE ADMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA TO THE UNION AS A FREE STATE, ANNEXED FROM VIRGINIA JUST 10 DAYS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG; PROBABLY WAR-CARRIED
Web ID: 35j-902 38 STAR AMERICAN FLAG RIBBON WITH JUSTIFIED ROWS OF CANTED STARS AND AN ATTRACTIVE, ELONGATED PROFILE, COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889
Web ID: 38j-1172 VOTES FOR WOMEN PARADE TEXTILE IN PURPLE AND GREEN, OF A TYPE WORN AS SASHES AND WAVED AS NARROW PARADE BANNERS, MADE IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT BY CALHOUN PRESS FOR THE WOMEN'S POLITICAL UNION OF NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, AND NEW JERSEY, ORGANIZED BY CARRIE STANTON'S DAUGHTER, HARRIOT EATON STANTON BLATCH, 1910-1915
Web ID: ws-141 40 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, AN EXTREMELY RARE COUNT REFLECTING THE ADDITION OF SOUTH & NORTH DAKOTA ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 1889, ACCURATE FOR JUST 6 DAYS; WITH OVERPRINTED ADVERTISING FOR A CIVIL WAR VERTERN’S UNIT IN GEORGETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS; ILLUSTRATED IN “THE STARS & STRIPES: FABRIC OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT” by RICHARD PIERCE (2005); EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM JUNE – SEPTEMBER, 2021
Web ID: 40j-804 24 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE IN THE PERIOD WHEN MISSOURI WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1821-1836, EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE “WAR STRIPE” OR “BLOOD STRIPE," AND IN A REMARKABLY TINY SCALE AMONG FLAGS OF THIS ERA
Web ID: 24j-806 EXTRAORDINARY SILK FLAG, COMMISSIONED BY OR PRESENTED TO THE ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS “WIDE AWAKES,” IN SUPPORT OF THE 1860 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN & HANNIBAL HAMLIN, POSSIBLY CARRIED AT THE OPENING OF THE CIVIL WAR BY COMPANY D OF THE 11TH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Web ID: pat-587 38 STARS IN A "NOTCHED" PATTERN, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A DUSTY BLUE CANTON; LEAVES SPACE FOR MORE WESTERN TERRITORIES THAT HAD NOT YET JOINED THE UNION; REFLECTS COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889
Web ID: 38j-1169 38 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION WITH 2 OUTLIERS, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH VIBRANT COLORATION, REFLECTS COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889, ILLUSTRATED IN “THE STARS & STRIPES: FABRIC OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT” by RICHARD PIERCE, 2005
Web ID: 38j-812 RARE SUFFRAGETTE ARMBAND IN GOLDEN YELLOW FELT, ONE OF ONLY TWO EXAMPLES THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED IN THIS COLOR & THE ONLY ONE IN THIS EXACT STYLE; MADE circa 1912-1919
Web ID: ws-021 38 STARS IN AN EXTREMELY UNUSUAL CONFIGURATION THAT BEARS A CLUSTER OF 6 SMALL STARS WITHIN A LINEAL PATTERN OF LARGER STARS, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
Web ID: 38j-1057 42 STARS IN A WHIMSICAL MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR AND INCORPORATES 7 TINY STARS; NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, circa 1889-1890
Web ID: 42j-938 43 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, ONE OF JUST THREE KNOWN EXAMPLES AND THE ONLY ONE WITH A DYNAMIC STAR PATTERN; ONE OF THE RAREST STAR COUNTS AMONG SURVIVING AMERICAN FLAGS OF THE 19TH CENTURY; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF IDAHO AS THE 43RD STATE IN 1890
Web ID: 43j-802 36 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE FOR THE 1868 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF ULYSSES S. GRANT & SCHUYLER COLFAX
Web ID: 36j-892 ONE OF THE TWO BEST OF ALL KNOWN FLAGS ADVERTISING ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S 1864 INCUMBENT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, WITH VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE ANDREW JOHNSON; ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH A DOUBLE-WREATH CONFIGURATION OF 34 STARS, IN THREE DIFFERENT SIZES, THAT FEATURES HUGE STARS IN EACH CORNER, WITH 9 STRIPES AND WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, BOLD LETTERING , AND IN AN IDEAL SCALE AMONG ALL FLAGS OF THIS ERA
Web ID: 34j-1015 EXTRAORDINARY 34 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN ACCORDION OR HOURGLASS MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT SURROUNDS A PENTAGON OF STARS IN THE CENTER; MADE OF FINE SILK AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN; MADE DURING THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR (1861-63), IN A TINY SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS OF THE PERIOD; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS AS THE 34TH STATE
Web ID: 34j-1009 34 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR; CIVIL WAR PERIOD, KANSAS STATEHOOD, 1861-1863
Web ID: 34j-980 36 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, WITH STARS THAT ALTERNATE IN THEIR VERTICAL POSITION FROM COLUMN TO COLUMN AND ROW-TO-ROW, PRINTED ON AN ESPECIALLY INTERESTING LENGTH OF COARSE COTTON WITH A CRUDE WEAVE THAT RESULTS IN A VISUALLY COMPELLING APPEARANCE; CIVIL WAR ERA, NEVADA STATEHOOD, 1864-1867
Web ID: 36j-943
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