HAND-PAINTED BANNER WITH FLORIATED SCROLLWORK SURROUNDING A WHIMSICALLY PAINTED FEDERAL EAGLE, WITH 46 STYLIZED STARS ABOVE AND 34 STARS ON ITS 21-STRIPE SHIELDED BREAST, circa 1907-1912
CONFEDERATE BIBLE FLAG IN THE FIRST NATIONAL DESIGN, WITH 13 GILT FOIL STARS, MADE OF SILK AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH ITS STARS CONFIGURED IN AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE SALTIRE, AND EMBROIDERED TEXT THAT READS: “GLORIE ET LIBERTE” (GLORY & LIBERTY); ACCOMPANIED BY AN 1863 LETTER, WRITTEN BY A WOMAN IN NEW ORLEANS TO A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER IN VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION OF STARS ON AN ATTRACTIVE, INDIGO BLUE CANTON AND WITH BEAUTIFUL, ELONGATED PROPORTIONS, LAST DECADE 19TH CENTURY
34 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE CIRCLE-IN-A-SQUARE CONFIGURATION AND A “Y” FORMATION OF STARS IN THE CENTER, ONE OF JUST THREE OR FOUR KNOWN EXAMPLES IN THIS STYLE; OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1863, KANSAS STATEHOOD, POSSIBLY A UNION ARMY CAMP COLORS
FULL, WRAP-AROUND, SILK SUFFRAGETTE SASH IN VIOLET & GREEN, WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, DESIGNED BY SYLVIA PANKHURST FOR THE WOMEN’S SOCIAL & POLITICAL UNION (U.K.), PRODUCED BY TOYE &. COMPANY OF BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1908
RARE AND UNUSUAL PARADE FLAG BANNER WITH 17 STARS ON A BLUE GROUND AND THE 1866 VERSION OF THE OHIO STATE SEAL ON A GROUND OF 13 RED AND WHITE STRIPES, MADE CA 1890 -1905, EXHIBITED JUNE-SEPT., 2021 AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
48 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE FOR USE BY CIVIL WAR VETERANS AT THE 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, WITH A RELATIONSHIP TO THE STORY OF JACK SKELLY & GINNIE WADE
CALIFORNIA BEAR FLAG VARIANT DESIGN, MADE IN 1969 FOR THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY; THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THIS TEXTILE THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED
ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 28 STARS, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF TEXAS TO THE UNION AS THE 28TH STATE IN 1845; ONE OF THE RAREST STAR COUNTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, OFFICIAL FOR JUST ONE YEAR (1845-46), MEXICAN WAR ERA
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