 ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, 13 STAR, U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN WITH A 4-5-4 CONFIGURATION, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1850 AND THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR (1861-63)
Web ID: 13j-1444  ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN SHIP’S COMMISSION PENNANT OF THE MID-19TH CENTURY, A HOMEMADE, COTTON EXAMPLE WITH 13 STARS ON A CORNFLOWER BLUE FIELD AND EXTREMELY DYNAMIC PRESENTATION
Web ID: 13j-1632  ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WITH 13 SINGLE-APPLIQUED STARS IN A BEAUTIFUL, OVAL ARRANGEMENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE 3RD MARYLAND PATTERN, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN THE 1850’s AND THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65)
Web ID: 13j-1673  EXTRAORDINARY CIVIL WAR ERA FLAG, WITH 13 HAND-SEWN STARS ARRANGED IN A VARIANT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE TRUMBULL PATTERN, FEATURING A HUGE, UPSIDE-DOWN CENTER STAR, AND THE EXTREMELY RARE TRAIT OF HAVING A DIFFERENT STAR COUNT ON THE REVERSE, WHICH DISPLAYS 36 STARS; HANDED DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILY OF GROVE H. "STOWE" DUDLEY OF THE 100th INDIANA VOLUNTEERS, circa 1864-67
Web ID: 13j-1708  13 STARS IN A LOPSIDED, OVAL WREATH, SURROUNDING A FANCIFULLY HAND-PAINTED EAGLE, SIGNED “J.L. SEARING,” WITH A GARLAND-LADEN STREAMER THAT READS: "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", ON A HOMEMADE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH 44 STARS ON THE OPPOSING SIDE, MADE IN LOST SPRINGS KANSAS [MARION CO.], FOR A VETERAN OF BOTH THE MEXICAN AND CIVIL WARS WHO SETTLED THERE; REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN WYOMING WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1890-1896
Web ID: 13j-1724  13 STARS IN THE 4-5-4 PATTERN ON AN ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, OR JUST PRIOR, circa 1854-1864, WITH HEMP ROPE AND A SINGLE TASSEL; PROBABLY A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN; SIGNED “JENNIE B. SEAVER,” NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS; LIKELY OF BOSTON NAVY YARD ORIGIN
Web ID: 13j-1739  ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH 13 STARS IN A SPECTACULAR PINWHEEL STYLE “GREAT STAR”; A MASTERPIECE OF EARLY AMERICAN FLAG-MAKING, ONE OF JUST TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES WITH A VARIANT OF THIS DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION, AND ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL KNOWN 13 STAR FLAGS OF ANY PERIOD
Web ID: 13j-1740  15 STAR, 13 STRIPE FLAG WITH 7-POINTED STARS AND ITS CANTON RESTING ON A RED STRIPE, MADE DURING THE CIVIL WAR IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA BY SCHOOLGIRLS FOR JOHN BROWN, JR. (1847-1932), SON OF THE FAMOUS WESTERN PIONEER AND 49’ER, JOHN BROWN, SR. (1817-1899), GUIDE TO JOHN FREMONT & COMPANION OF KIT CARSON
Web ID: 15j-801  16 STARS IN A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL STARBURST MEDALLION THAT FEATURES A DISTINCT SALTIRE; A HOMEMADE AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE WITH AN ABOLITIONIST MESSAGE BY REMOVING THE SLAVE STATES FROM THE STAR COUNT, circa 1850-1858, YET WITH A COMBINATION OF TRAITS AND FEATURES THAT CURIOUSLY REFLECT TENNESSEE AS THE 16TH STATE TO JOIN THE UNION AND THE 11TH STATE TO LEAVE
Web ID: 16j-807  19 STARS IN AN SPECTACULAR STARBURST MEDALLION UNIQUE TO THIS FLAG, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65) AND THE OPENING OF THE 1890'S, EITHER TO REFLECT NORTHERN SYMPATHIES, BY REPRESENTING THE COMPLEMENT OF UNION-SUPPORTING STATES AT THE TIME, OR TO COMMEMORATE INDIANA AS THE 19TH STATE TO JOIN THE UNION; EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM JUNE – SEPTEMBER, 2021
Web ID: 19j-801  21 STARS IN A “GREAT STAR” OR “GREAT LUMINARY” PATTERN, A SOUTHERN-EXCLUSIONARY STAR COUNT ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, SIGNED BY THE MAKER, ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES
Web ID: 21j-806  29 STARS IN A SPECTACULAR STARBURST CROSS MEDALLION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE MEXICAN WAR ERA, 1846-48; ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN; REFLECTS IOWA STATEHOOD; FORMERLY AMONG THE EFFECTS OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIER NATHANIEL POWERS, COLOR BEARER, 10TH MASS. VOLUNTEERS, WHO LOST AN ARM AT THE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS, VA (1862); STAFF WRAPPED IN BLACK CREPE; REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON, DC, ON THE MORNING OF LINCOLN’S DEATH (APR 15, 1865)
Web ID: 29j-819  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 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 DOUBLE-WREATH CONFIGURATION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG DATING IMMEDIATELY PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE WAR'S OPENING YEAR, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF OREGON TO THE UNION, 1859-1861
Web ID: 33j-872  EXTRAORDINARY 34 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN ACCORDION OR HOURGLASS MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT SURROUNDS A PENTAGON OF STARS IN THE CENTER; MADE OF FINE SILK AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN; MADE DURING THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR (1861-63), IN A TINY SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS OF THE PERIOD; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS AS THE 34TH STATE
Web ID: 34j-1009  34 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A LINEAL ARRANGEMENT THAT I HAVE TERMED "GLOBAL ROWS, WITH EXCEPTIONAL COLOR AND CRUDE YET BEAUTIFUL FEATURES, OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-63, KANSAS STATEHOOD
Web ID: 34j-1025  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 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, ONE OF JUST TWO U.S. NAVY ENSIGNS I HAVE ENCOUNTERED WITH THE BLACK-INKED STENCIL “N.Y. B.” FOR ‘NAVY YARD, BROOKLYN,’ DATED “1859,” TWO YEARS BEFORE KANSAS WAS ADMITTED AS THE 34TH STATE; MARKED WITH THE NAME OF SAMUEL B. CHILDS, A NEW YORK PHYSICIAN WHO CLERKED FOR THE NAVY, AND SON OF A CAREER NAVAL OFFICER, JAMES CHILDS, WHO SERVED FOR 60 YEARS AS A SAILMAKER (1822-1881)
Web ID: 34j-1027  34 STAR MERINO WOOL FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WITH ITS STARS ORIENTED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS ON A PERIWINKLE BLUE CANTON; HIGHLY UNUSUAL; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS TO THE UNION AS A FREE STATE, circa 1861-1863
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