VINTAGE FLORIDA STATE FLAG, IN A VARIANT OF THE VERSION ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER OF 1900, IN USE UNTIL MAY 21ST, 1985, MADE AND SIGNED BY THE VALLEY FORGE FLAG COMPANY IN PENNSYLVANIA, circa 1963-1970
EXTRAORDINARY SILK FLAG MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION IN PHILADELPHIA, WITH WOVEN TEXT ON EITHER SIDE, PROBABLY MADE AT ONE OF THE FRENCH EXHIBITS AT THE FAIR AND SOLD AS A SOUVENIR
VOTES FOR WOMEN BANNER IN PURPLE AND GREEN, WITH EXCEPTIONAL SCALE, MADE IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, PROBABLY FOR THE WOMEN'S POLITICAL UNION OF NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, AND NEW JERSEY, ORGANIZED BY CARRIE STANTON'S DAUGHTER, HARRIOT EATON STANTON BLATCH, 1910-1915
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, MADE BETWEEN THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65) AND THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, FEATURING THREE SIZES OF WHIMSICALLY SHAPED STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION OF STARS AND STRONG PRESENTATION, WITH RICH COLORS AND SQUARISH PROPORTIONS, MADE CIRCA 1895-1926; EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, JUNE-JULY 2019
15 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE “CIRCLE-STAR” VERSION OF THE GREAT STAR PATTERN AND A COMPLEMENT OF 13 STRIPES; MADE DURING THE 1ST QUARTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY TO EITHER CELEBRATE KENTUCKY STATEHOOD, OR TO COMMEMORATE THE WAR OF 1812, OR TO REPRESENT THE ERA IN WHICH THERE WERE 15 STATES (1792-1796) OR THE FLAG OFFICIALLY BORE 15 STARS (1795-1818)
WOOL HOOKED RUG WITH A CANTED, SPREAD-WINGED, FEDERAL EAGLE, ON A MODELED GROUND WITH TWO STARS, A PRAIRIE POINT BORDER, AND A CHENILLE FRINGE, circa 1835 -1865
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, OF THE TYPE ISSUED TO SUPPORTERS OF THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE IN ITS INFANCY AS A MUSEUM, ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED FLAGS PRODUCED IN THIS DESIGN, circa 1898 – 1915
RARE REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE FLAG WITH A BLUE EAGLE AMID AN ARCH OF 13 BLUE STARS, ON A WHITE FIELD, AND AN UNUSUAL COUNT OF 17 VERTICAL RED AND WHITE STRIPES, CA 1880-1895
38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE INDIAN WARS PERIOD, A U.S. ARMY REGULATION BATTLE FLAG, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, 1876-1889, SIGNED "VARRELL." MADE IN THE ERA WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION
LARGE & EXCEPTIONAL JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN POSTER WITH “A TIME FOR GREATNESS” SLOGAN, 1960
45 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, A RARE FEATURE IN THIS PERIOD, 1896-1908, UTAH STATEHOOD
38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HAND-SEWN STARS IN AN 8-7-8-7-8 PATTERN OF JUSTIFIED ROWS, MADE IN THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889
ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN THE 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN, ORIENTED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS ON THEIR VERTICAL AXIS; PROBABLY A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, MADE BETWEEN ROUGHLY 1865 - 1875
38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION, MADE BY THE U.S. BUNTING COMPANY IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, SIGNED "THROCKMORTON," REFLECTS THE ERA OF COLORADO STATEHOOD, CIRCA 1876-1889
36 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, IN AN ESPECIALLY LARGE SCALE, WITH BOLD COLOR, AND ENDEARING WEAR FROM EXTENDED USE, 1864-67, NEVADA STATEHOOD
16 STARS AND 11 STRIPES THAT START AND END ON WHITE, ON A HOMEMADE FLAG MADE BETWEEN THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65) AND THE 1876 CENTENNIAL; THESE TWO COUNTS GLORIFY TENNESSEE AS BOTH THE 16TH STATE TO JOIN THE UNION AND THE 11TH TO SECEDE
31 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PENTAGON MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS; REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN CALIFORNIA WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1850-1858; THE ONLY EXAMPLE IN THIS EXACT FORM THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED
45 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG IN AN EXTREMELY SMALL SCALE AMONG EXAMPLES OF THE PERIOD WITH PIECED-AND-SEWN CONSTRUCTION, 1896-1907, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTS UTAH STATEHOOD
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