 EXCEPTIONAL 1821 PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ON CLOTH, IN MULBERRY RED, PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY ROBERT & COLLIN GILLESPIE FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET; ONE OF THE VERY FIRST DECORATIVE RENDERINGS OF THE DOCUMENT IN ANY FORM, AND PERHAPS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
Web ID: ker-258  HOMEMADE & ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, SILK, PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FLAG, MADE FOR WHIG PARTY CANDIDATE HENRY CLAY, LIKELY IN 1844, WITH HIS APPLIQUED PORTRAIT IN THE CANTON, TAKEN FROM AN 1832 SILK CAMPAIGN RIBBON, WITH A STRIPED FIELD THAT BEGINS & ENDS ON WHITE, AND WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON A RED STRIPE
Web ID: ofj-895  PRINTED COTTON BANNER, MADE FOR THE 1928 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF NEW YORK ASSEMBLYMAN AND SHERRIF TURNED GOVERNOR, AL SMITH, A LEADING PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT DEMOCRAT AND THE FIRST CATHOLIC TO RUN FOR THE NATION'S HIGHEST OFFICE ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET
Web ID: pat-167  HAND-PAINTED PATRIOTIC BANNER WITH THE SEAL OF THE STATE OF OREGON AND GREAT FOLK QUALITIES, PROBABLY MADE FOR THE 1868 DEMOCRAT NATIONAL CONVENTION IN NEW YORK CITY
Web ID: pat-245  HAND-PAINTED PATRIOTIC BANNER WITH THE SEAL OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND GREAT FOLK QUALITIES, , PROBABLY MADE FOR THE 1868 DEMOCRAT NATIONAL CONVENTION IN NEW YORK CITY
Web ID: pat-248  HAND-PAINTED PATRIOTIC BANNER WITH THE SEAL OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND GREAT FOLK QUALITIES, PROBABLY MADE FOR THE 1868 DEMOCRAT NATIONAL CONVENTION IN NEW YORK CITY
Web ID: pat-250  BOLDLY GRAPHIC AND UNUSUAL STARS & STRIPES PENNANT FROM THE ‘MARCH ON WASHINGTON’ OF AUGUST 28TH, 1963, WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING DELIVERED HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH; THIS EXAMPLE EXHIBITED AT THE REGINALD F. LEWIS MUSEUM OF MARYLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY:
Web ID: pat-251  ELABORATE SILK BANNER WITH GILDED TEXT, SPECTACULAR BULLION TRIM, AND A BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED RENDITION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAMOUS "PRAYER AT VALLEY FORGE", MADE FOR THE PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF AMERICA, PHILADELPHIA, 1901, BY LOUIS E. STILZ & BRO.
Web ID: pat-252  "ROOSEVELT & GARNER", AN EMBROIDERED ARMBAND SUPPORTING THE 1932 DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL TICKET AND THE REPEAL OF PROHIBITION
Web ID: pat-542  RARE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION ADVERTISING FLIER, DISTRIBUTED BY J.B. WESTBROOK & CO., NEW YORK CITY, WITH U.S. TREASURY NOTE STYLE IMAGERY FEATURING IMAGES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN & ANDREW JOHNSON, COMMEMORATING THE 1865 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
Web ID: pat-544  EXTRAORDINARY SILK FLAG, COMMISSIONED BY OR PRESENTED TO THE ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS “WIDE AWAKES,” IN SUPPORT OF THE 1860 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN & HANNIBAL HAMLIN, POSSIBLY CARRIED AT THE OPENING OF THE CIVIL WAR BY COMPANY D OF THE 11TH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Web ID: pat-587  ROLLER-PRINTED YARD GOODS TEXTILE, MADE TO MEMORIALIZE GEORGE WASHINGTON SOMETIME BETWEEN LAFAYETTE’S FINAL VISIT & GRAND TOUR OF AMERICA, FROM 1824-25, AND THE 1832 CELEBRATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S 100th BIRTHDAY
Web ID: pat-596  ULYSSES S. GRANT MEMORIAL RIBBON AND CDV PHOTOGRAPH OF HIS FUNERAL PROCESSION ON BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY, AUG. 8TH, 1885
Web ID: pat-626  BOLDLY GRAPHIC AND COLORFUL TEDDY ROOSEVELT TEXTILE, WITH HIS PORTRAIT IN A LARGE HEART AND ROUGH RIDERS ABOVE, MADE TO CELEBRATE HIS RECEIPT OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE IN 1906
Web ID: pat-639  HAND-PAINTED PATRIOTIC BANNER WITH THE SEAL OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND SPECTACULAR PRESENTATION, WITH GREAT FOLK QUALITIES, PROBABLY MADE FOR THE 1868 DEMOCRAT NATIONAL CONVENTION IN NEW YORK CITY
Web ID: pat-667  UNIQUE, HAND-PAINTED BANNER WITH THE SEAL OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, LIKELY HAVING REPRESENTED DELEGATES FROM THAT STATE AT THE 1872 REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT NATIONAL CONVENTION
Web ID: pat-691  RARE FELT PENNANT FROM THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, AUGUST 28, 1963, WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING DELIVERED HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH
Web ID: pat-706  3 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS - 3 WARS: A FUN, INTERESTING, AND RARE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN POSTER FROM EITHER THE 1952 OR 1956 CAMPAIGNS OF EISENHOWER vs. ADALAI STEVENSON, OR PERHAPS THE 1960 CAMPAIGN OF NIXON vs. KENNEDY
Web ID: pat-741  “THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTH”: GEORGE WASHINGTON CHERRY TREE MYTH TEXTILE, LIKELY PRODUCED IN GERMANTOWN [PHILADELPHIA], BY THE GERMANTOWN PRINT WORKS, WITH VERSE FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1806 IN A BIOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON (5TH EDITION) BY PARSON WEEMS 1759-1825); COPPER ENGRAVED ON COTTON, ONE OF THREE KNOWN EXAMPLES, THE ONLY ONE IN BLUE AND THE ONLY EXAMPLE IN PRIVATE HANDS
Web ID: pat-808  EXCEPTIONAL 1876 CENTENNIAL QUILT MADE FROM VARIOUS FLAGS, KERCHIEFS, AND PATRIOTIC FABRICS, THE MOST ELABORATE AND RARE OF ITS KIND THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED, PICTURED IN TWO OF BOB BISHOP'S BOOKS ON AMERICAN FOLK ART; SOME OF THE TEXTILES UNKNOWN IN OTHER PATRIOTIC QUILTS
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