20 STARS AND 11 STRIPES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, HOMEMADE AND ENTIRELY-HAND-SEWN, WITH ITS LIGHT BLUE CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE; PROBABLY MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE DECEMBER 10TH, 1817 ADDITION OF MISSISSIPPI AS THE 20TH STATE, AND THE COUNT OF 11 STATES THAT SECEDED FROM THE UNION BETWEEN DECEMBER OF 1860 AND JUNE OF 1861
STEVENSGRAPH RIBBON WITH A WONDERFUL PORTRAIT OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND GREAT FALLS ON THE PASSAIC RIVER, MADE TO CELEBRATE THE CENETNNIAL OF THE TOWN OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY IN 1892
ANTIQUE CIVIL WAR FLAG WITH 34 LARGE STARS, ORIENTED IN ALL DIRECTIONS, ON A RICH, STEEL BLUE CANTON, REFLECTS KANSAS STATEHOOD, 1861-63
ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TEXAS-RELATED FLAGS THAT SURVIVES FROM THE 19TH CENTURY: CONFEDERATE BIBLE FLAG IN A DESIGN THAT MERGES THE FIRST CONFEDERATE NATIONAL FLAG WITH THE TEXAS STATE FLAG, BEARING A LONE STAR SIMILAR TO THE ZAVALA FLAG OF 1836, AND AN EXCEPTIONAL SLOGAN; LIKELY SEIZED BY A UNION SOLDIER AND SENT HOME TO HIS SWEETHEART, CIRCA 1863
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A MEDALLION STAR CONFIGURATION, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN AMERICAN NATIONAL FLAG WITH 13 STARS ON A TALL AND NARROW CANTON; A HOMEMADE EXAMPLE WITH INTERESTING PRESENTATION, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN THE TAIL END OF THE CIVIL WAR AND THE 1876 CENTENNIAL
48 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG DESIGNED AND COMMISSIONED BY WAYNE WHIPPLE, 1911-1912, A RARE AND HIGHLY DESIRED, SILK EXAMPLE
ANTIQUE AMERICAN PRIVATE YACHT FLAG (ENSIGN) WITH 13 STARS SURROUNDING A CANTED ANCHOR, MADE BY THE ANNIN COMPANY OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY, CIRCA 1945-1950’s
1876 CENTENNIAL STEVENSGRAPH BOOKMARK WITH AN IMAGE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, MADE BY PHOENIX MANUFACTURING CO. AND SOLD BY B.B. TILT & SON
ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN 34 STAR FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WITH HAND-SEWN, SINGLE-APPLIQUED STARS AND ENDEARING WEAR FROM LONG-TERM USE, REFLECTS KANSAS STATEHOOD, 1861-1863
RED, WHITE, AND BLUE CALICO "SEVEN SISTERS" QUILT, A PATRIOTIC VARIANT WITH 6-POINTED STARS AND RIVETING VISUAL GRAPHICS, CIRCA 1890-1910
31 STARS IN A 6-6-7-6-6 LINEAL PATTERN, WITH SCATTERED ORIENTATION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE OF SILK AND WITH THE BLUE CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD, 1850-1858, LIKELY HAND-CARRIED INTO THE CIVIL WAR BY A MILITIA UNIT
13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A CIRCULAR VERSION OF THE 3RD MARYLAND PATTERN, MADE DURING THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD OR IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, IN A GREAT SMALL SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS OF THE PERIOD WITH PIECED-AND-SEWN CONSTRUCTION
EXCEPTIONAL 1821 PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ON CLOTH, IN MULBERRY RED ON A SULFUR 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
LARGE, SWALLOWTAILED, YELLOW SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT WITH APPLIED LETTERING THAT READS "VOTES FOR WOMEN” DOWN A WIDE BLACK STRIPE, CIRCA 1910-1920
35 STAR AMERICAN CIVIL WAR FLAG, A SILK CAVALRY GUIDON WITH GILT-PAINTED STARS IN A DOUBLE WREATH ARRANGEMENT, REFLECTS WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD, CIRCA 1863-65; IN AN EXCEPTIONAL STATE OF PRESERVATION
RARE "FRANCO-ANGLO-AMERICAN" PARADE FLAG, DESIGNED BY ALBERT HEWITT OF MT. VERNON, NY AND PATENTED 1918; MADE TO SUPPORT WORLD DEMOCRACY THROUGH THE WWI ALLIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, AND BRITAIN
46 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF ESPECIALLY HIGH QUALITY, WITH ORIGINAL REINFORCEMENTS AND HEAVY D-RINGS ON THE HOIST BINDING, 1907-1912, OKLAHOMA STATEHOOD
ANTIQUE AMERICAN PRIVATE YACHT ENSIGN WITH 13 SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD, HAND-SEWN STARS & CANTED ANCHOR, A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE WITH ENDEARING WEAR, MADE BY ANNIN IN NEW YORK CITY, CIRCA 1870-1885
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