 45 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG IN A SMALL AND DESIRABLE SCALE AMONG THOSE OF THE PERIOD WITH PIECED AND SEWN CONSTRUCTION, OFFICIAL FROM 1896-1908; MARKED ‘STANDARD”; SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN UTAH WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION
Web ID: 45j-1018  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  EXTRAORDINARY NAVAL JACK WITH 13 LARGE STARS AND A BEAUTIFUL, FOULED ANCHOR, MADE FOR THE COMMANDER OF AN ORGANIZATION OF CIVIL WAR NAVYMEN IN OHIO, LIKELY FOR USE IN 1892, WHEN HE SERVED AS THE CHIEF COMMANDER OF ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION AT BALTIMORE
Web ID: 13j-1690  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  SWALLOW-TAILED PARADE FLAG / BANNER WITH A 37 STAR BORDER AND A CURIOUS ADAPTATION OF THE ARCH FROM THE GEORGIA STATE SEAL WITH THE WORDS “FREEDOM, EQUALITY, AND JUSTICE,” FOLLOWED BY “TO ALL NATIONS,” LIKELY MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN PHILADELPHIA; OF A GENERAL TYPE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY THE AMERICAN FLAG COMPANY OF NEW YORK
Web ID: pat-836  “THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTH”: GEORGE WASHINGTON CHERRY TREE MYTH TEXTILE, LIKELY PRODUCED IN GERMANTOWN [PHILADELPHIA], BY THE GERMANTOWN PRINT WORKS, WITH VERSE FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1806 IN A BIOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON (5TH EDITION) BY PARSON WEEMS 1759-1825); COPPER ENGRAVED ON COTTON, ONE OF THREE KNOWN EXAMPLES, THE ONLY ONE IN BLUE AND THE ONLY EXAMPLE IN PRIVATE HANDS
Web ID: pat-808  48 STAR AMERICAN NATIONAL FLAG WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, POSSIBLY MADE IN FRANCE DURING WWII TO WELCOME U.S. TROOPS IN THE WAKE OF LIBERATION FROM THE NAZIS, WITH VERBAL HISTORY TO NORMANDY
Web ID: 48j-883  48 STAR, U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA DURING WWII, SIGNED AND DATED 1944, IN THE SMALLEST SCALE EMPLOYED AT THE TIME
Web ID: 48j-1074  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-946  EARLY KERCHIEF IN THE FORM OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE BEAR FLAG, PROBABLY MADE FOR THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1915
Web ID: ker-260  VINTAGE CALIFORNIA STATE "BEAR" FLAG OF STOUT CONSTRUCTION, AND WITH SIGNIFICANT GOLDEN BROWN OXIDATION THAT LENDS TO BEAUTIFUL PATINA AND CONVEYS ITS AGE; LATTER 1940’s - 1960’s
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