13 STARS IN THE CIRCULAR WREATH PATTERN OFTEN ATTRIBUTED TO BETSY ROSS, MADE DURING THE 1890'S,ONE OF THE EARLIEST EXAMPLES I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED WITH PIECED-AND-SEWN CONSTRUCTION AND HAND-SEWN, APPLIQUÉD STARS
48 STARS THAT RESEMBLE SNOWFLAKES ON AN EXTRAORDINARY NEEDLEWORK FLAG MADE IN THE NEAR EAST FOR AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, 1912-1918 or POSSIBLY PRIOR
34 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, PRINTED ON SILK, WITH "DANCING" OR "TUMBLING" ORIENTATION, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, 1861-1863, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS TO THE UNION AS A FREE STATE
HAND-PAINTED SILK BANNER, MADE FOR THE PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER OF A TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATION IN 1851, REPAINTED FOR THE 1860 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF JOHN BELL OF TENNESSEE AND EDWARD EVERETTE OF MASSACHUSETTS, WHO RAN AGAINST ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON THE INDEPENDENT CONSTITUTIONAL UNION TICKET
CONFEDERATE SOUTHERN CROSS “BATTLE FLAG”, AN EARLY REUNION ERA EXAMPLE, GRAPHICALLY ACCURATE AND GRAPHICALLY PLEASING, WITH ESPECIALLY LARGE STARS AND A WHITE BORDER, CA 1895-1910
FIRST NATIONAL PATTERN CONFEDERATE FLAG WITH 8 METALLIC BULLION STARS, GOLD ON THE OBVERSE AND SILVER ON THE REVERSE, AN EARLY REUNION ERA EXAMPLE, MADE CA 1884-1910; THE STAR COUNT REFLECTING VIRGINIA’S SECESSION IN APRIL / MAY OF 1861
SPECTACULAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 31 STARS ARRANGED IN THE "GREAT STAR" PATTERN; ITS CANTON RESTING THE WAR STRIPE, 1850- 1858, CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD
YELLOW SUFFRAGETTE SASH RIBBON MADE FOR CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT'S "WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY" OF NEW YORK CITY, CA 1912-20
YELLOW FELT SUFFRAGETTE FLAG, MADE FOR CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT'S "WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY" OF NEW YORK CITY, CA 1912-20, THE ONLY EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED, CA 1910-20, FOUND WITH A LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE HEADQUARTERS OF PHILADELPHIA
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