Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

42 STARS, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD 
EXTRAORDINARY LENGTH OF BLUE, FELT RIBBON FROM THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT, OF THE TYPE WORN AS HATBANDS, ARMBANDS, AND NARROW SASHES; THE ONLY EARLY TEXTILE OF ANY SORT THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN THAT ACTUALLY INCLUDES THE WORD “SUFFRAGETTES,” ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES, PROBABLY OF NEW YORK ORIGIN, circa 1910-20 
STEVENSGRAPH BOOKMARK WITH AN IMAGE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MADE IN NEW JERSEY BY PHOENIX MANUFACTURING CO., EITHER FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN PHILADELPHIA, OR THE 1893 WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPO IN CHICAGO 
ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 10-POINTED STARS THAT SPELL “1776 – 1876”, MADE FOR THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, ONE OF THE MOST GRAPHIC OF ALL EARLY EXAMPLES 
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL, WITH HAND-SEWN STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, IN A WONDERFUL, SMALL SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS OF THE PERIOD 
37 STARS IN A MEADLLION CONFIGURATION, NEBRASKA STATEHOOD, 1867-1876, THE ERA OF AMERICAN RECONSTRUCTION 
27 STARS AND 15 STRIPES ON A HOMEMADE FLAG WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE AND WITH A HIGHLY UNUSUAL FRINGE AND TASSEL; AN EXTREMELY RARE STAR COUNT, MADE DURING THE CIVIL WAR, BOTH TO COMMEMORATE FLORIDA AS THE 27TH STATE AND ILLUSTRATE ITS UNITY WITH THE SOUTH 
34 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD (1861-63), WITH WOVEN STRIPES AND PRESS-DYED OR PRINTED STARS, POSSIBLY MADE IN NEW YORK BY THE ANNIN COMPANY, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS TO THE UNION, 1861-1863 
EXTREMELY RARE LAPEL PIN IN THE FORM OF A TRADITIONAL, FELT, SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT, WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, circa 1912-1920 
45 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE BETWEEN 1896-1907, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTS UTAH STATEHOOD 
33 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION ON A LARGE SCALE PARADE FLAG, AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE, OREGON STATEHOOD, 1859-1861 
42 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD 
42 STARS IN A WAVE CONFIGURATION OF LINEAL COLUMNS, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD 
FLAG OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, ONE OF THE TWO EARLIEST EXAMPLES THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED, MADE DURING THE MONARCHY, WITHIN THE PERIOD OF BRITISH PROTECTORATE; PRODUCED BY HORSTMANN & BROTHERS COMPANY IN PHILADELPHIA FOR DISPLAY AT THE 1876 CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 
VOTES FOR WOMEN TEXTILE IN PURPLE AND GREEN, OF A TYPE WORN AS SASHES AND WAVED AS BANNERS, MADE IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 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 
13 STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, A UNITED STATES NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, MADE AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, NEW YORK, SIGNED & DATED 1912 
48 STAR U.S. NAVY JACK, MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, HEADQUARTERS OF THE PACIFIC FLEET, DURING WWII, DATED 1943 
ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN THE 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN, A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, MADE BETWEEN ROUGHLY 1870 – 1882, WITH ENDEARING WEAR FROM OBVIOUS USE 
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 
13 STARS IN A 4-5-4 PATTERN ON DUSTY BLUE-GREY CANTON, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE DURING THE LAST DECADE OF THE 19TH CENTURY, CA 1890-1895