 44 STARS IN ZIGZAGGING, STAGGERED ROWS, ON ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH SOMEWHAT ELONGATED PROPORTIONS AND STRONG COLORS, MADE IN THE ERA WHEN WYOMING WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1890-1896
 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION, MADE BY THE U.S. BUNTING COMPANY IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, REFLECTS THE ERA OF COLORADO STATEHOOD, circa 1876-1889
 42 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, MONTANA, AND THE DAKOTAS, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, circa 1889-1890
 "RALLY FREEMEN! COME ONE! COME ALL! AND SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH." A CIVIL WAR RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE FOR THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, COMPANY F, DESIGNATED AS THE 187TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY, ESCORTED LINCOLN'S BODY WITH PHILADELPHIA'S 1ST CITY TROOP
 13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG IN THE BETSY ROSS PATTERN, ONE OF JUST THREE EXAMPLES THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED THAT PRE-DATE THE 1890’s; AN EXTRAORDINARY FIND, CIVIL WAR PERIOD (1861-1865) OR JUST AFTER, EXTREMELY LARGE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS OF ALL PERIODS IN THIS DESIGN
 13 STARS WITH SHORT, CONICAL ARMS ON A SMALL SCALE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE DURING THE LAST DECADE F THE 19TH CENTURY; POSSIBLY OF PHILADELPHIA ORIGIN; FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF BOLESLAW & MARIE D'OTRANGE MASTAI, THE FIRST MAJOR COLLECTORS TO PUBLISH A PICTORIAL REFERENCE (KNOPF, NEW YORK, 1973):
 44 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN HOURGLASS FORMATION ON A BRILLIANT BLUE CANTON; REFLECTS THE ERA WHEN WYOMING WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1890-1896
 JACQUARD-WOVEN IMAGE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY FRANÇCOIS CARQUILLAT, FRENCH, circa 1861-1876
 UNUSUAL CONFEDERATE FLAG IN THE THIRD NATIONAL FORMAT, PRINTED ON HEAVY WEIGHT PARCHMENT, PROBABLY PRODUCED BETWEEN 1884 AND 1910, IN THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF THE UDC AND THE UCV
 45 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, A RARE FEATURE IN THIS PERIOD, 1896-1908, UTAH STATEHOOD
 SUFFRAGETTE RIBBON WITH AN ALLEGORICAL FIGURE STANDING UPON THE U.S. CONSTITUTION BEFORE A LION & LAMB, WITH A BROKEN SWORD, AN AMERICAN FLAG, AND A HOST OF GREAT SLOGANS, AMONG THE EARLIEST KNOWN AMERICAN SUFFRAGE TEXTILES, circa 1880-1890
 GOLDEN YELLOW SUFFRAGETTE RIBBON, MADE FOR CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT'S "WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY" OF NEW YORK CITY, circa 1912-17
 GOLDEN YELLOW SILK RIBBON & PINBACK COMBINATION, DENOTING THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE SUFFRAGE CAUSE BY UNITED STATES SENATOR & REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE WARREN G. HARDING OF OHIO, IN THE MATTER RATIFYING THE 19TH AMENDMENT
 34 UPSIDE-DOWN, HAND-SEWN STARS IN A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL AND HIGHLY UNUSUAL JACQUARD WEAVE BINDING, AND IN A TINY SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS AS THE 34TH STATE, 1861-1863
 SUFFRAGE "BLUEBIRD": ENAMELED TIN SIGN, COMMISSIONED BY GERTRUDE LEONARD & TERESA CROWLEY FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, FOR ITS EASTERN CAMPAIGN, 1915
 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING MADE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889
 ONE OF A TINY GROUP OF SURVIVING ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAGS THAT INCLUDES A RATTLESNAKE, IN A VARIANT OF CLOSELY RELATED DESIGNS FLOWN BY THE COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS NAVY (1775-1776) & POSSIBLY BY THE PENNSYLVANIA NAVY ON THE DELAWARE RIVER (1775 – 1778), ALL WITH A GREEN PINE TREE AS THE CENTRAL DEVICE ON A WHITE FIELD; THIS EXAMPLE MADE circa 1910-1926, WITH A RATTLESNAKE COILED ABOUT ITS BASE AND TWO SLOGANS: “AN APPEAL TO GOD” & “DON’T TREAD ON ME”
 13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A SINGLE WREATH OF STARS REMINISCENT OF THE BETSY ROSS PATTERN, BUT RENDERED AS MORE OF AN OVAL, THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THIS EXACT VARIETY THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED, MADE circa 1890-WWI (U.S. INVOLVEMENT 1917-18)
 13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
 13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HAND-SEWN STARS IN AN UNUSUAL, ELONGATED FORM OF THE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION AND ENDEARING WEAR FROM LONG-TERM USE, MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
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