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45 STARS IN STAGGERED ROWS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE 1896-1908 PERIOD, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTING UTAH STATEHOOD
EXTRAORDINARILY EARLY (1806) PRINTED LINEN KERCHIEF GLORIFYING GEORGE WASHINGTON, GERMANTOWN PRINT WORKS, GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
48 STARS CANTED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT IN DANCING ROWS, A RARE VARIETY OF ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG IN A LARGE SCALE, 1912-1918 OR PERHAPS EARLIER, REFLECTS ARIZONA & NEW MEXICO STATEHOOD
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
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
ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN 13 STAR FLAG WITH A 6-POINTED GREAT STAR / STAR OF DAVID PATTERN, ONE OF A TINY HANDFUL OF PIECED-AND-SEWN EXAMPLES WITH THIS EXTRAORDINARILY RARE STAR DESIGN, MADE DURING THE CIVIL WAR ERA; EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM JUNE – JULY, 2019
31 STAR PARADE FLAG, MADE FOR THE 1860 CAMPAIGN OF JOHN BELL & EDWARD EVERETT, WITH A “UNION AND THE CONSTITUTION” SLOGAN, PROBABLY MADE BY H.C. HOWARD OF PHILADELPHIA
38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH JUSTIFIED ROWS OF 7-6-6-6-6-7 AND SCATTERED STAR ORIENTATION, MADE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889
ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A WHIMSICAL PRESENTATION OF 13 STARS IN THE 4-5-4 PATTERN, A VERY EARLY EXAMPLE, MADE circa 1835-1850’s, BOLDY GRAPHIC, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN AND IN A TINY SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS, PROBABLY A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN
DRAMATIC, HAND-PAINTED, PATRIOTIC BANNER WITH A SCREAMING EAGLE, WINGS RAISED TO ENVELOPE A BILLOWING AMERICAN FLAG; HAND-PAINTED ON SATIN, IN THE POPULAR MANNER OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATORS; SIGNED “A. BUCCINI, N.Y.C.”, COPYRIGHTED & DATED 1918 (CLOSING YEAR OF WWI)
34 STARS WITH "DANCING" OR "TUMBLING" ORIENTATION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, PRESS-DYED ON WOOL BUNTING, WITH A PERIWINKLE BLUE CANTON; LIKELY PRODUCED FOR USE AS MILITARY CAMP COLORS; CIVIL WAR PERIOD, circa 1861-1863, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS TO THE UNION AS A FREE STATE
RARE, LARGE SCALE KERCHIEF WITH A BEAUTIFULLY ENGRAVED IMAGE OF JOHN TRUMBULL’S “DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,” LIKELY MADE IN 1826 FOR OUR NATIONS SEMICENTENNIAL (50TH ANNIVERSARY); THE ONLY EXAMPLE I HAVE EVER SEEN OF THIS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE TEXTILE THAT RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL, RED COLORATION
13 STARS IN THE BETSY ROSS PATTERN ON A SMALL-SCALE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 1910 AND THE 1926 SESQUICENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
34 STARS, WITH SCATTERED POSITIONING, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG MADE DURING THE OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-63, KANSAS STATEHOOD
45 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG IN A SMALL AND DESIRABLE SCALE AMONG THOSE OF THE PERIOD WITH PIECED AND SEWN CONSTRUCTION, OFFICIAL FROM 1896-1908; SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN UTAH WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION
EXTRAORDINARY NAVAL JACK WITH 13 LARGE STARS AND A BEAUTIFUL, FOULED ANCHOR, MADE FOR THE COMMANDER OF AN ORGANIZATION OF CIVIL WAR NAVYMEN IN OHIO, LIKELY FOR USE IN 1892, WHEN HE SERVED AS THE CHIEF COMMANDER OF ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION AT BALTIMORE
33 HAPHAZARDLY PLACED STARS AND 11 STRIPES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, POSSIBLY MADE WITH SOUTHERN SYMPATHIES; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF OREGON TO THE UNION ON VALENTINE’S DAY, 1859; OFFICIAL FROM JULY 4th OF THAT YEAR - JULY 3rd, 1861
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION OF STARS; A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE, MADE IN THE 1895-1926 ERA, MARKED “R.H. MACY & CO.”
FORKED SWALLOWTAIL PENNANT OF THE U.S. NAVY RESERVE FORCE MERCHANT MARINE, EXTREMELY RARE & BEAUTIFULLY GRAPHIC, MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, SIGNED & DATED
THE ROYAL FLAG OF SCOTLAND, a.k.a., “LION RAMPANT,” A GLAZED COTTON PARADE FLAG, LAST QUARTER 19th CENTURY
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