 RED & WHITE, SUNSHINE & SHADOWS, SIGNATURE QUILT, MADE BY THE LADIES AID SOCIETY CHAPTER AT THE UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN ROYERSFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, DATED 1901
Web ID: q-072  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  NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED BLANKET STRIP, BUFFALO HIDE, NORTHERN CHEYENNE OR LAKOTA SIOUX, EASTERN MONTANA / WESTERN MINNESOTA, LAST QUARTER 19th CENTURY
Web ID: pat-615  MONUMENTAL, HAND-PAINTED & BLOCK-PRINTED BANNER, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION IN PHILADELPHIA, WITH A SPREAD-WINGED EAGLE, CROSSED FLAGS, AND THE NAMES OF 37 STATES; EXTREMELY RARE; ARGUABLY THE MOST ELABORATE OF ALL KNOWN TEXTILES PRODUCED FOR THE EVENT
Web ID: pat-339  HAND-PAINTED 19TH CENTURY BANNER WITH AN 1867 VERSION OF THE SEAL OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, PROPOSED IN THAT YEAR BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, BUT IN A VARIATION NEVER FORMALLY ADOPTED; LIKELY HAVING REPRESENTED DELEGATES OF THAT STATE AT THE 1872 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA, OR THE DEMOCRAT NATIONAL CONVENTION IN BALTIMORE [SIMILAR EXAMPLES IDENTIFIED AT BOTH]
Web ID: pat-268  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  VINTAGE FLAG OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, THAT BECAME THE TEXAS STATE FLAG, MADE BY DECORATORS, INC. OF BRAZIL, INDIANA, [LATER KNOWN AS THE “OLD GLORY DECORATING COMPANY”], MOST LIKELY FOR THE 1936 CENTENNIAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION, OR FOR THE 1945 CENTENNIAL OF TEXAS STATEHOOD
Web ID: ofj-990  EARLY FLAG OF PHILADELPHIA, PROBABLY 1874-1876, PRINTED ON A WOOL & COTTON BLENDED FABRIC AND HAND-COLORED, EXTREMELY RARE
Web ID: ofj-878  WWI BOND DRIVE FLAG WITH A WHIMSICAL & ARTISTICALLY COMPELLING EAGLE, PERCHED DIRECTLY ON THE LOWER EDGE OF THE TEXTILE, WITH WINGS UPSTRETCHED IN A “V” FOR “VICTORY,” CRADLING THE SLOGAN: “VICTORY CHEST 100%;” PRUSSIAN BLUE ON A WHITE GROUND; LIKELY MADE FOR THE 5th BOND SUBSCRIPTION, ISSUED MAY 20th, 1919
Web ID: ofj-1012  VINTAGE CALIFORNIA STATE "BEAR" FLAG OF STOUT CONSTRUCTION, AND WITH SIGNIFICANT GOLDEN BROWN OXIDATION THAT LENDS TO BEAUTIFUL PATINA AND CONVEYS ITS AGE; LATTER 1940’s - 1960’s
Web ID: ofj-1003  PORTRAIT STYLE KERCHIEF FROM THE 1952 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF REPUBLICAN IKE EISENHOWER, FORMER SUPREME COMMANDER OF ALLIED FORCES IN EUROPE DURING WWII (NATO)
Web ID: ker-001  THE BLEU, BLANC & ROUGE: A FRENCH NATIONAL FLAG OF THE WWI - WWII ERA, MADE BY JOHN EDGINGTON IN LONDON
Web ID: FRNj-810  CIVIL WAR PERIOD, CONFEDERATE, SOUTHERN CROSS BATTLE FLAG, IN A VARIANT OF THE TYPE MADE AT THE RICHMOND DEPOT, PRIMARILY DISTRIBUTED TO ROBERT E. LEE’S ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA; FIELD-CARRIED AND QUITE POSSIBLY CAPTURED, LIKELY PRODUCED BETWEEN JULY, 1862 AND FEBRUARY, 1865, AS PART OF THE 3rd OR 7th BUNTING ISSUES
Web ID: fcj-934  RARE BRITISH RED ENSIGN OF THE LATTER 19TH CENTURY, MADE BY HORSTMANN & BROTHERS COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA FOR DISPLAY AT THE 1876 CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, ONE OF TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES
Web ID: BRITj-839  48 STARS, WWI ERA (U.S. INVOLVEMENT 1917-18) -1935, MARKED "STERLING," MADE BY ANNIN IN NEW YORK CITY OR NEW JERSEY
Web ID: 48j-969  44 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH ENDEARING WEAR FROM LONG TERM USE AND WITH ITS STARS ARRANGED IN A NOTCHED PATTERN THAT LEAVES 4 SPACES OPEN FOR THE REMAINING WESTERN TERRITORIES, REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN WYOMING WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1890-1896
Web ID: 44j-922  44 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH GREAT FOLK CHARACTERISTICS THAT INCLUDES A NARROW, VERTICALLY-ORIENTED CANTON AND ESPECIALLY LARGE STARS, ORIENTED IN ALL DIRECTIONS, THE ARMS OF WHICH ARE NECESSARILY INTERTWINED; WYOMING STATEHOOD, 1890-1896
Web ID: 44j-818  ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 10-POINTED STARS THAT SPELL “1776 – 1876”, MADE FOR THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, ONE OF THE MOST GRAPHIC OF ALL EARLY EXAMPLES
Web ID: 38j-1177  38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR ORIENTATION, MADE OF SILK, WITH GENEROUS SCALE AND VIVID COLORS, COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889
Web ID: 38j-1137  37 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE & SIGNED BY THE ANNIN COMPANY IN NEW YORK CITY, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN AND WITH SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS, IN A SMALL AND VERY DESIRABLE SCALE AMONG THOSE WITH PIECED-AND-SEWN CONSTRUCTION; REFLECTS THE ERA WHEN NEBRASKA WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1867-1876
Web ID: 37j-856
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