 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
 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
 FULL, WRAP-AROUND, SILK SUFFRAGETTE SASH IN GREEN, WHITE, & VIOLET, WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, DESIGNED BY SYLVIA PANKHURST FOR THE WOMEN’S SOCIAL & POLITICAL UNION (U.K.), LIKELY PRODUCED BY TOYE &. COMPANY OF BIRMINGHAM, circa 1908 AND LIKELY SOLD BY AN AMERICAN-OWNED DEPARTMENT STORE IN THAT SAME CITY, GIFTED TO A BIRMINGHAM ACTIVIST & EDUCATOR
 IMPORTANT FLAG OF THE PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD HEADQUARTERS
 CONFEDERATE PARADE FLAG IN THE SOUTHERN CROSS / BATTLE FLAG FORMAT, REUNION ERA, circa 1910-1930
 42 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A WAVE CONFIGURATION OF LINEAL COLUMNS, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT THAT REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, MONTANA, AND THE DAKOTAS, circa 1889-1890
 43 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, ONE OF THE RAREST STAR COUNTS AMONG SURVIVING AMERICAN FLAGS OF THE 19TH CENTURY, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF IDAHO IN 1890, ACCURATE FOR JUST 7 DAYS
 MEXICAN NATIONAL FLAG IN THE DESIGN USED BY REVOLUTIONARIES FROM 1917 - 1934, THE FIRST PERIOD IN WHICH THE EAGLE WAS ILLUSTRATED IN SIDE VIEW; MADE OF GABARDINE WOOL AND WOOL BUNTING, WITH RICH COLORS AND A HAND-PAINTED DEVICE, USED IN THE LATTER YEARS OF THE ERA OF PONCHO VILLA (b. 1878, d. 1923)
 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS PENNANT OF NOTABLE WEIGHT, QUALITY, & SCALE, circa 1914-1920’s
 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG IN A TINY SCALE AMONG THOSE WITH PIECED-AND-SEWN CONSTRUCTION, WITH A BEAUTIFUL & UNUSUAL SHADE OF BLUE AND WITH A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION OF STARS THAT LEAVES ROOM FOR WESTERN TERRITORIES THAT HAD YET TO BE ADDED; REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889
 44 STARS IN ZIGZAGGING ROWS ON A PRESS-DYED WOOL AMERICAN FLAG MADE BY THE HORSTMANN COMPANY IN PHILADELPHIA, POSSIBLY FOR USE AS A MILITARY CAMP COLORS, 1890-1896, REFLECTS WYOMING STATEHOOD
 38 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A "NOTCHED" PATTERN, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH BEAUTIFUL WEAR FROM HAVING BEEN EXTENSIVELY FLOWN, MADE AT THE TIME WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889
 32 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF A TYPE KNOWN TO HAVE LIKELY SEEN MILITARY USE, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF MINNESOTA TO THE UNION IN 1858, AN EXTREMELY RARE FLAG, ACCURATE FOR JUST 9 MONTHS AND OFFICIAL FOR ONLY ONE YEAR
 30 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, PROBABLY MADE AT THE TIME OF OUR NATION’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE, TO COMMEMORATE WISCONSIN STATEHOOD IN 1848, LIKELY FOR USE AT THE CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
 CIVIL WAR PERIOD APRON, MADE IN CAMBRIDGE, OHIO IN 1861 BY 12-YEAR-OLD LAURA HAYNES, WORN BY HER AT BENEFITS FOR THE U.S. SANITARY COMMISSION, PREDECESSOR OF THE RED CROSS, THAT STAFFED, FUNDED, AND MODERNIZED CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS
 EXCEPTIONAL 1821 PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ON CLOTH, IN MULBERRY RED ON A SULFER YELLOW GROUND, PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY ROBERT & COLLIN GILLESPIE FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET, AN UNUSUALLY LARGE EXAMPLE AMONG KNOWN VERSIONS OF THIS TEXTILE, IN EXTRAORDINARY CONDITION; EXHIBITED JANUARY – AUGUST, 2023 AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
 “TEXAS LOVES REAGAN & BUSH”: AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE PARADE FLAG, MADE FOR EITHER THE SUCCESSFUL 1980 OR 1984 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF RONALD REAGAN & GEORGE BUSH, WITH PATRIOTIC LETTERING
 7 STARS WITH WHIMSICAL PROFILES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, MADE TO REFLECT THE INITIAL WAVE OF 7 STATES SECEDED FROM THE UNION, A CIVIL WAR PERIOD EXAMPLE, THE LARGEST OF SEVERAL KNOWN VARIETIES, MADE circa 1861
 36 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE FOR THE 1868 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF ULYSSES S. GRANT & SCHUYLER COLFAX
 WILLIAM McKINLEY PARADE SASH WITH “SOUND MONEY” SLOGAN, MADE TO PROMOTE HIS GOLD STANDARD PLATFORM FOR MONETARIZATION OF THE U.S. DOLLAR DURING THE 1896 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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