Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

EXTRAORDINARILY RARE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH A FEDERAL EAGLE SURROUNDED BY 32 STARS, THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE OF ITS KIND; TWO OF THE STARS FAR SMALLER THAN THE REST, LIKELY TO REFLECT WESTERN TERRITORIES; MADE IN THE DECADE BEFORE, OR WITHIN THE PERIOD, WHEN MINNESOTA JOINED THE UNION AS THE 32nd STATE; A ONE-YEAR FLAG, ACCURATE FOR JUST NINE MONTHS, 1858-59 
SOUTH CAROLINA PALMETTO / STATE FLAG, A WONDERFUL, SMALL SCALE, EXAMPLE, PROBABLY MADE FOR EVENTS IN CHARLESTON BETWEEN 1890-1899 
ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, CIVIL WAR ERA, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH HAND-SEWN STARS, ENDEARING WEAR FROM LONG-TERM USE, AND ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION, REFLECTS NEVADA STATEHOOD, 1864-1867 
CONFEDERATE BIBLE FLAG CAPTURED BY MATTHEW ROBERTSON OF THE 13TH INDIANA INFANTRY AT THE BATTLE OF RICH MOUNTAIN, VIRGINIA (NOW WEST VIRGINIA) IN JULY OF 1861, WITH LOOM-WOVEN STARS AND SILK RIBBON STRIPES; AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE 
38 STARS IN A RARE CIRCLE-IN-A-SQUARE MEDALLION WITH A HUGE CENTER STAR, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION BY HORSTMANN BROS. IN PHILADELPHIA 
52 STAR AMERICAN FLAG CLOTH JACKET EMBLEM WITH PEACE SYMBOL CONFIGURATION, CA 1964-1975 
48 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG DESIGNED AND COMMISSIONED BY WAYNE WHIPPLE, 1910-1912, A RARE AND HIGHLY DESIRED EXAMPLE 
"WE MOURN OUR LOSS": SILK, 1865, ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOURNING RIBBON WITH AN EAGLE, PERCHED ON A FEDERAL SHIELD, BENEATH 13 STARS 
32 STARS, COMMEMORATING MINNESOTA STATEHOOD, CA 1892 – 1926, A VERY RARE FLAG, IN A SMALL SIZE, WITH AN HOURGLASS OR "GLOBAL ROWS" CONFIGURATION 
ANTIQUE AMERICAN U.S. NAVY JACK WITH 38 HAND-SEWN STARS AND A RARE MAKER'S MARK OF FLAG AND SAILMAKER W. K. HINMAN OF NEW YORK CITY, FLOWN ON THE YACHT "MARY EMMA," THE FIRST OF SUCH CRAFT OWNED BY AMERICAN FINANCIER AND THREE-TIME WINNER OF THE AMERICA'S CUP, C. OLIVER ISELIN; 1876-1877, REFLECTS COLORADO STATEHOOD 
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF HAND-SEWN STARS ON A DUSTY BLUE CANTON, A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY 
1876 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION PARADE BANNER WITH OVAL STANDING PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS HORSE ON A GROUND OF RED & WHITE STRIPES 
EXCEPTIONAL PARADE FLAG STYLE BANNER, WITH A LARGE EAGLE AND 13 STARS ABOVE A PORTRAIT OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT, SET WITHIN A RING OF OAK LEAVES & ACORNS; MADE FOR HIS 1912 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 
BURGEE STYLE, SWALLOWTAILED JACK WITH A WREATH OF 5 STARS SURROUNDING A HUGE, 6TH, CENTER STAR, PROBABLY MADE FOR A HUDSON RIVER, PADDLE-WHEEL STEAMER BY ANNIN & COMPANY OF NEW YORK CITY, CIRCA 1866-1880’s 
WWII PERIOD FRENCH FLAG WITH THE CROSS OF LORRAINE, THE SYMBOL OF THE FREE FRENCH, CA 1940-1945 
WWII CZECHOSLOVAKIA NATIONAL FLAG, MADE FOR USE WHEN AMERICAN TROOPS LIBERATED THE TOWN OF SUSICE FROM NAZI GERMANY IN MAY OF 1945 
SILK KERCHIEF WITH A LARGE PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY, FLANKED BY CROSSED PAIRS OF AMERICAN FLAGS, WITH A BORDER OF FLAGS REPRESENTING THE PAN-AMERICAN NATIONS; MADE FOR THE 1901 BUFFALO WORLD'S FAIR, WHERE THE PRESIDENT'S LIFE ENDED IN ASSASSINATION 
BRITISH UNION FLAG ("UNION JACK"), A PRESS-DYED WOOL EXAMPLE, MADE CIRCA 1895-1920’s 
42 STARS, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD 
EARLY 13 STAR SHIP'S FLAG WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL, LOPSIDED OVAL VARIATION OF THE 3RD MARYLAND PATTERN, CA 1840-1860, AN ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN EXAMPLE WITH BEAUTIFUL FOLK QUALITIES, ONCE BELONGING TO THE LINSLEY & GAY FAMILIES OF CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS