Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

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 
RARE, SWALLOWTAIL FORMAT, 1876 CENTENNIAL BANNER, WITH PATRIOTIC PHRASES, AN EAGLE, CARRYING THE LIBERTY BELL AMIDST TIPPED FLAGS OF 6 NATIONS, AND 13 LARGE, RED STARS, ALL SET WITHIN A BLUE BORDER WITH 38 WHITE STARS 
13 STARS ARRANGED IN 6-POINTED GREAT STAR / STAR OF DAVID PATTERN, A RARE AND PARTICULARLY EARLY EXAMPLE AMONG PARADE FLAGS IN THIS STAR COUNT, PROBABLY MADE FOR POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING, CA 1848-1860 
42 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION. WITH A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR AND A TRIO OF 3 STARS IN EACH CORNER, ON AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD, circa 1889-1890 
EXTRAORDINARY CANTON FROM A BRITISH BLUE ENSIGN OF THE MID-19TH CENTURY, WITH OPPOSING, CONCAVE BARS TO REFLECT THE CROSSES OF ST. ANDREW AND ST. PETER, INSTEAD OF THE PROPER, OFFSET SALTIRES, circa 1850-1860’s 
SALTILLO SERAPE, MADE circa 1885-1910, IN THE VARY RARE FORM OF THE MEXICAN NATIONAL FLAG; ACQUIRED IN MEXICO BY TEXTILE MANUFACTURING MOGUL AND BANKER, A.L. WILLISTON (1834-1915) AND HIS WIFE, SARAH (1839-1912), OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 
13 STARS WITH SHORT, CONICAL ARMS ON A SMALL SCALE SHIP'S COMMISSION PENNANT WITH UNUSUAL WIDTH, PROBABLY MADE FOR A PRIVATE YACHT, CA 1896-1908, POSSIBLY MADE BY J.S. OBERHOLZER, PHILADELPHIA