 ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE FOR THE 1860 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN & HANNIBAL HAMLIN, WITH 31 STARS IN A FANCIFUL STARBURST OR ‘GREAT STAR-IN-A-SQUARE’ MEDALLION; ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST GRAPHIC OF ALL CONFIGURATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN 19TH CENTURY EXAMPLES; THE ONLY KNOWN LINCOLN CAMPAIGN FLAG IN THIS STYLE, AND ONE OF JUST 3 PARADE FLAGS OF ANY SORT THAT SHARE THIS SPECTACULAR STAR ARRANGEMENT
Web ID: 31j-860  CONFEDERATE 1st NATIONAL PATTERN COMPANY FLAG (A.K.A., "STARS & BARS"), CARRIED BY THE “GRIMES COUNTY GREYS,” FORMALLY DESIGNATED “G” COMPANY OF THE 4th TEXAS INFANTRY, INTEGRAL TO HOOD’S FAMOUS “TEXAS BRIGADE,” ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA; ATTRIBUTED TO FLAG MAKER HENRY CASSIDY OF NEW ORLEANS; SENT TO THE FAMILY OF SGT. JAMES L. GOULD IN 1863, FOLLOWING HIS DEATH AT LITTLE ROUND TOP, GETTYSBURG
Web ID: fcj-951  13 STARS IN A LOPSIDED, OVAL WREATH, SURROUNDING A FANCIFULLY HAND-PAINTED EAGLE, SIGNED “J.L. SEARING,” WITH A GARLAND-LADEN STREAMER THAT READS: "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", ON A HOMEMADE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH 44 STARS ON THE OPPOSING SIDE, MADE IN LOST SPRINGS KANSAS [MARION CO.], FOR A VETERAN OF BOTH THE MEXICAN AND CIVIL WARS WHO SETTLED THERE; REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN WYOMING WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1890-1896
Web ID: 13j-1724  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-932  UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS PENNANT OF NOTABLE WEIGHT & QUALITY, IN THE OLD COLOR SCHEME, MADE DURING OR IN THE WAKE OF WWII
Web ID: pat-820  48 STARS CANTED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT IN DANCING ROWS, A RARE VARIETY OF ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG IN A LARGE SCALE, 1912-1918 OR PERHAPS EARLIER, REFLECTS ARIZONA & NEW MEXICO STATEHOOD
Web ID: 48j-1071  38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG IN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SCALE, WITH ENDEARING WAR FROM OBVIOUS LONG-TERM USE, AND WITH DANCING ROWS IN AN HOURGLASS FORMATION; COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889
Web ID: 38j-1183  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-1185  31 STARS IN A FANCIFUL STARBURST OR "GREAT STAR-IN-A-SQUARE", ONE OF THE MOST RARE AND INTERESTING CONFIGURATIONS THAT A COLLECTOR CAN ENCOUNTER, ON A PRE-CIVIL WAR PARADE FLAG, CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD, 1850-1858
Web ID: 31j-839  37 STARS IN A VERY RARE DIAMOND CONFIGURATION, WITH PILLARS OF STARS ON EITHER SIDE, NEARLY IDENTICAL TO A LARGER EXAMPLE PRESENTED BY CIVIL WAR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN AS THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG EVER CONSTRUCTED OF ENTIRELY AMERICAN-MADE MATERIALS, JUST 3 DAYS PRIOR TO HIS 1865 ASSASSINATION; THIS STAR COUNT ANTICIPATORY TO THE FUTURE ADDITION OF NEBRASKA
Web ID: 37j-854  RARE & BEAUTIFUL 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, AN INDIAN WAR PERIOD MILITARY GUIDON, MADE OF SILK AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH EMBROIDERED STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
Web ID: 38j-1047  ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WITH 13 SINGLE-APPLIQUED STARS IN A BEAUTIFUL, OVAL ARRANGEMENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE 3RD MARYLAND PATTERN, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN THE 1850’s AND THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65)
Web ID: 13j-1673  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  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  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  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
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