Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

45 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, A RARE FEATURE IN THIS PERIOD, 1896-1908, UTAH STATEHOOD 
38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HAND-SEWN STARS IN AN 8-7-8-7-8 PATTERN OF JUSTIFIED ROWS, MADE IN THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889 
ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN THE 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN, ORIENTED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS ON THEIR VERTICAL AXIS; PROBABLY A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, MADE BETWEEN ROUGHLY 1865 - 1875 
38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION, MADE BY THE U.S. BUNTING COMPANY IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, SIGNED "THROCKMORTON," REFLECTS THE ERA OF COLORADO STATEHOOD, CIRCA 1876-1889 
36 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, IN AN ESPECIALLY LARGE SCALE, WITH BOLD COLOR, AND ENDEARING WEAR FROM EXTENDED USE, 1864-67, NEVADA STATEHOOD 
16 STARS AND 11 STRIPES THAT START AND END ON WHITE, ON A HOMEMADE FLAG MADE BETWEEN THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65) AND THE 1876 CENTENNIAL; THESE TWO COUNTS GLORIFY TENNESSEE AS BOTH THE 16TH STATE TO JOIN THE UNION AND THE 11TH TO SECEDE 
31 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PENTAGON MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS; REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN CALIFORNIA WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1850-1858; THE ONLY EXAMPLE IN THIS EXACT FORM THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED 
45 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG IN AN EXTREMELY SMALL SCALE AMONG EXAMPLES OF THE PERIOD WITH PIECED-AND-SEWN CONSTRUCTION, 1896-1907, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTS UTAH STATEHOOD 
"ROOSEVELT BATTLE FLAG" KERCHIEF, MADE FOR THE 1912 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT, WHEN HE RAN ON THE INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE PARTY TICKET, SIGNED "D&C / NY" WITH "UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD" IMAGE COPYRIGHT 
SPECTACULAR 1984 RONALD REAGAN vs. WALTER MONDALE DEBATE POSTER, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 
THE EARLIEST MARYLAND FLAG I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED IN PRIVATE HANDS, HAND-PAINTED, PAINTED BY “JOHN E. GRAFF,” SIGNED AND DATED “1874;” DEPICTS THE NEWLY ADOPTED STATE SEAL ON A WHITE GROUND, WITH A PENCILLED INSCRIPTION “WAMSUTTA,” AFFIXED TO ITS ORIGINAL WOODEN STAFF 
ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 15 STARS & 15 STRIPES, A COPY OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER, THE FAMOUS FLAG IN AMERICA, UPON WHICH FRANCIS SCOTT KEY GAZED IN BALTIMORE HARBOR WHILE WRITING THE WORDS TO THE SONG OF THE SAME NAME; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KENTUCKY AS THE 15TH STATE IN 1792. THIS FLAG LIKELY MADE BY ANNIN & COMPANY IN NEW YORK CITY TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL OF THE WAR OF 1812 
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION OF STARS; A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE, MADE CIRCA 1895-1926, WITH AN OWNERSHIP STENCIL OF R.H. MACY & CO. ALONG THE HOIST 
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 
48 STAR U.S. NAVY JACK, MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, HEADQUARTERS OF THE PACIFIC FLEET, DURING WWII, DATED 1943 
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A BEAUTIFUL MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS; A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE, MADE CIRCA 1895-1926 
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION OF STARS; A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE OF THE 1895-1926 ERA WITH ESPECIALLY NICE VISUAL QUALITIES 
RARE 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE FOR THE 1880 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF JAMES GARFIELD & CHESTER ARTHUR, WITH STRONG COLORS AND WHIMSICAL, WESTERN STYLE LETTERING 
45 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE 1896-1908 PERIOD, WITH A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTS UTAH STATEHOOD 
36 STAR FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA WITH UNUSUALLY LARGE AND ESPECIALLY FOLKY STARS THAT EXHIBIT SCATTERED VERTICAL ORIENTATION, 1864-1867, REFLECTS NEVADA'S ADDITION AS THE 36TH STATE