 ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 36 STARS ON A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON, CIVIL WAR ERA, 1864-1867, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF NEVADA AS THE 36TH STATE; A GREAT FOLK EXAMPLE WITH HAPHAZARD ROWS OF STARFISH-LIKE STARS
Web ID: 36j-833  35 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION WITH A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR, ON ITS ORIGINAL WOODEN STAFF, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD, 1863-65
Web ID: 35j-888  35 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A DOUBLE-WREATH STYLE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS, PERHAPS THE BEST SURVIVING EXAMPLE IN THIS RARE FORM, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD, 1863-1865
Web ID: 35-004  34 NEEDLEWORK STARS ON A TINY, HAND-SEWN, SILK AMERICAN FLAG, AT ONE TIME SEWN INTO A QUILT MADE DURING THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-63, REFLECTS KANSAS STATEHOOD
Web ID: 34j-992  34 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR; CIVIL WAR PERIOD, KANSAS STATEHOOD, 1861-1863
Web ID: 34j-980  34 STARS ARRANGED IN A BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF THE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION WITH OFFSET WREATHS AND A LARGE CENTER STAR, MADE DURING THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1863, AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, REFLECTS KANSAS STATEHOOD
Web ID: 34j-954  34 HAND-SEWN, UPSIDE-DOWN STARS ON A HOMEMADE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A VARIANT OF WHAT I HAVE CLASSIFIED AS A “GLOBAL” PATTERN, ON AN INTERESTING, SEAFOAM BLUE CANTON; REFLECTS KANSAS STATEHOOD, OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1863
Web ID: 34j-1026  34 STARS WITH "DANCING" OR "TUMBLING" ORIENTATION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH EXTRAORDINARY COLORS, PRESS-DYED ON WOOL BUNTING, LIKELY PRODUCED FOR USE AS MILITARY CAMP COLORS, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, 1861-1863, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS TO THE UNION AS A FREE STATE
Web ID: 34j-1016  33 STARS ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A "GREAT STAR" CONFIGURATION ON A BRILLIANT, INDIGO BLUE CANTON, A RARE AND EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE, PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE WAR'S OPENING YEAR, 1859-1861, OREGON STATEHOOD
Web ID: 33j-868  33 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION ON A LARGE SCALE ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE, OREGON STATEHOOD, 1859-1861
Web ID: 33j-864  33 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 11 STRIPES, HAPHAZARD STAR PLACEMENT, AND ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE; MADE IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1859-1861, OREGON STATEHOOD, PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE WAR'S OPENING YEAR
Web ID: 33j-856  30 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE PRE-CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH A DOUBLE-WREATH STYLE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR, WISCONSIN STATEHOOD, 1848-1850
Web ID: 30j-820  27 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 1845 ADDITION OF FLORIDA AS THE 27th STATE, MOST LIKELY FOR DISPLAY AND DISTRIBUTION AT THE 1/5TH SCALE MODEL OF CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS (a.k.a., FORT MARION), THAT HOUSED FLORIDA'S EXHIBITS AT THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR / WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPO
Web ID: 27j-805  WWII LIBERATION FLAG w/ 23 SILVER GILT STARS ON A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON & 16 STRIPES, MADE TO WELCOME U.S. TROOPS IN FRANCE FOLLOWING LIBERATION FROM THE GERMANS IN THE WAKE OF THE 1944 NORMANDY INVASION; FOUND IN BRITTANY, IN LE CONQUET, THE WESTERNMOST TOWN ON THE FRENCH MAINLAND, LIBERATED BY THE FREE FRENCH & THE 5TH ARMY RANGER BATTALION
Web ID: 23j-806  16 STAR “DISUNION” FLAG, WITH 13 STARS ON THE OBVERSE, MADE TO CONVEY AN ABOLITIONIST MESSAGE IN THE 8-YEAR TIME FRAME FOLLOWING THE ADDITION OF CALIFORNIA AS THE 31ST STATE, WHEN THERE WERE 16 FREE & 15 SLAVE STATES, REMOVING THE LATTER FROM THEIR TOTAL; THE COUNT OF 7 STRIPES REMOVES THE 6 SLAVE STATES FROM THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES; LIKELY PRODUCED IN SUPPORT OF THE 1856 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF THE FIRST REPUBLICAN NOMINEE JOHN FRÉMONT, WHO RAN ON AN ANTI-SLAVERY PLATFORM
Web ID: 16j-810  13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF HAND-SEWN STARS AND A BEAUTIFUL, ELONGATED PROFILE, MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, IN AN UNCOMMONLY SMALL SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS OF THE PERIOD WITH SEWN CONSTRUCTION
Web ID: 13j-1711  13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HAND-SEWN STARS IN AN EXTREMELY NARROW PRESENTATION OF A 3-2-3-2-3 ARRANGEMENT ON A CANTON THAT DOESN’T FOLLOW SUIT, LEAVING WIDE EXPANSES OF BLUE WOOL BUNTING ABOVE AND BELOW; MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, POSSIBLY AS A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN
Web ID: 13j-1705  13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, HEADQUARTERS OF THE PACIFIC FLEET, SIGNED & DATED 1902
Web ID: 13j-1677  OUTSTANDING, 13 STAR, ANTIQUE AMERICAN PRIVATE YACHT ENSIGN WITH GREAT FOLK QUALITIES THAT INCLUDE AN UNUSUALLY WIDE ANCHOR AND A DECIDEDLY LOPSIDED RING OF 13 STARS; MADE DURING THE 2ND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY; ITS DEVICE HAND-SEWN AND SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD
Web ID: 13j-1675  ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, 13 STAR AMERICAN FLAG, WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 ARRANGEMENT OF STARS, U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, LIKELY MADE DURING THE CLOSING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1864-1865
Web ID: 13j-1669
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