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
ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 20 STARS AND 13 STRIPES, PROBABLY A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN OF THE LATE CIVIL WAR ERA, MADE WHEN THERE WERE 20 FREE STATES
37 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH LINEAL ROWS OF "DANCING" OR "TUMBLING" STARS, NEBRASKA STATEHOOD, 1867-1876, THE ERA OF AMERICAN RECONSTRUCTION
42 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE BEEHIVE CONFIGURATION, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD, 1889-1890
45 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH ITS STARS ARRANGED IN A NOTCHED PATTERN, GREAT COLOR, AND ENDEARING WEAR, 1896-1908, UTAH STATEHOOD
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH A RARE, OVAL MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65) AND THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
27 STARS IN A DOUBLE-WREATH PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG; A HOMEMADE EXAMPLE WITH A BEAUTIFUL, ROYAL BLUE CANTON, WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE STAR COUNT THAT REFLECTS FLORIDA STATEHOOD, OFFICIAL FOR ONLY ONE YEAR, 1845-46
31 STARS ARRANGED IN A RARE VARIATION OF THE “GREAT STAR” PATTERN, WITH THE WORD "CALIFORNIA" PAINTED IN THE STRIPES, A PRE-CIVIL WAR FLAG, CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD, 1850-1858, PART OF A SERIES OF THESE FLAGS, THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN USED AT THE WIGWAM CONVENTION (THE 1860 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION) IN CHICAGO
13 STARS IN A SIX-POINTED GREAT STAR / STAR OF DAVID PATTERN, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, FORMERLY IN THE MASTAI COLLECTION
28 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE OF AN ANTIQUE, PRINTED PARADE FLAG IN THIS STAR COUNT IN ANY FORM; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF TEXAS TO THE UNION AS THE 28TH STATE IN 1845; PROBABLY MADE TO GLORIFY TEXAS ON A PATRIOTIC OCCASION SOMETIME AFTERWARD, LIKELY AT THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF OUR NATION’S INDEPENDENCE
EXTRAORDINARILY RARE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH A FEDERAL EAGLE SURROUNDED BY 32 STARS, THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE OF ITS KIND; TWO OF THE STARS FAR SMALLER THAN THE REST, LIKELY TO REFLECT WESTERN TERRITORIES; MADE IN THE DECADE BEFORE, OR WITHIN THE PERIOD, WHEN MINNESOTA JOINED THE UNION AS THE 32nd STATE; A ONE-YEAR FLAG, ACCURATE FOR JUST NINE MONTHS, 1858-59
SOUTH CAROLINA PALMETTO / STATE FLAG, A WONDERFUL, SMALL SCALE, EXAMPLE, PROBABLY MADE FOR EVENTS IN CHARLESTON BETWEEN 1890-1899
ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, CIVIL WAR ERA, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH HAND-SEWN STARS, ENDEARING WEAR FROM LONG-TERM USE, AND ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION, REFLECTS NEVADA STATEHOOD, 1864-1867
CONFEDERATE BIBLE FLAG CAPTURED BY MATTHEW ROBERTSON OF THE 13TH INDIANA INFANTRY AT THE BATTLE OF RICH MOUNTAIN, VIRGINIA (NOW WEST VIRGINIA) IN JULY OF 1861, WITH LOOM-WOVEN STARS AND SILK RIBBON STRIPES; AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE
38 STARS IN A RARE CIRCLE-IN-A-SQUARE MEDALLION WITH A HUGE CENTER STAR, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION BY HORSTMANN BROS. IN PHILADELPHIA
48 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG DESIGNED AND COMMISSIONED BY WAYNE WHIPPLE, 1910-1912, A RARE AND HIGHLY DESIRED EXAMPLE
"WE MOURN OUR LOSS": SILK, 1865, ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOURNING RIBBON WITH AN EAGLE, PERCHED ON A FEDERAL SHIELD, BENEATH 13 STARS
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