Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

42 STARS IN A WAVE CONFIGURATION OF LINEAL COLUMNS, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD 
U.S. NAVY COMMISSION PENNANT WITH 7 STARS, A 6 FT. EXAMPLE, WWI-WWII ERA (1917-1945) 
48 STAR STAR FLAG WITH 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, ARIZONA & NEW MEXICO STATEHOOD 
36 STARS IN AN EXTRAORDINARY MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES A GIGANTIC CENTER STAR, SURROUNDED BY A SINGLE WREATH, FLANKED BY PARENTHESES; ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES, EX-RICHARD PIERCE COLLECTION, CIVIL WAR ERA, NEVADA STATEHOOD, 1864-67 
ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, 13 STAR, U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, CA 1882-1890 
13 STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 LINEAL CONFIGURATION ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE IN NEW YORK CITY BY JOHN BOYLE & COMPANY, CA 1885-1900, WITH AN UNUSUAL, BLACK-INKED STENCIL ALONG THE HOIST THAT READS “BOYLE’S YACHT SAIL” 
13 STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION ON A SMALL-SCALE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE 1895-1926 ERA 
39 STARS IN TWO SIZES, ALTERNATING FROM ONE COLUMN TO THE NEXT, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG DATING TO THE 1876 CENTENNIAL, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, REFLECTS THE ANTICIPATED ARRIVAL OF COLORADO AND THE DAKOTA TERRITORY 
33 STARS IN A “GREAT STAR” PATTERN, ON A SILK ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE FOR THE 1864 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN MADE FOR THE 1864 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND ANDREW JOHNSON, ONE OF THREE KNOWN EXAMPLES IN THIS STYLE 
MASSACHUSETTS "BLUE BIRD" VOTES FOR WOMEN SIGN, MADE FOR THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN IN 1915 
33 STARS IN AN INTERESTING VARIATION OF THE "GREAT STAR" CONFIGURATION, MADE FOR THE 1860 CAMPAIGN OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN & HANNIBAL HAMLIN, WITH WHIMSICAL SERPENTINE TEXT 
38 HAND-SEWN, SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE AT THE TIME WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889, FORMERLY PART OF THE MASTAI COLLECTION 
BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK FLAG WITH "LIBERTY OR DEATH" SLOGAN, LIBERTY POLE & CAP, AN EXTREMELY RARE REVOLUTIONARY WAR DESIGN WITH A TERRIFIC SLOGAN, MADE CA 1890-1910 
ONE OF THE EARLIEST 13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAGS THAT ONE WILL EVER ENCOUNTER, CIRCA 1820's-1840's, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS IN A 4-5-4 ARRANGEMENT, TINY IN SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS 
36 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, MADE BY ANNIN IN NEW YORK CITY; DESCENDED IN THE FAMILY OF MAJOR CHARLES HARROD BOYD OF PORTLAND, MAINE, A SURVEYOR ENGINEER FOR BOTH THE U.S. NAVY UNDER COMMODORE DUPONT, AND THE U.S. ARMY UNDER GENERALS J.G. BERNARD, W. L. ELLIOTT, AND GEORGE H. THOMAS; THE STAR COUNT REFLECTS NEVADA STATEHOOD, 1864-67 
BRITISH RED ENSIGN, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, ca 1880-1920’s 
EXCEPTIONAL, LARGE, VOTES FOR WOMEN BANNER IN VIOLET AND GREEN, 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 
RARE SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT WITH ICONIC BUGLER GIRL OR "CLARION" IMAGE, MADE FOR HARRIOT STANTON EATON BLANCH'S WOMENS POLITICAL UNION IN NYC, 1910-1915 
46 STARS WITH VARIED STAR POSITIONING ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, 1907-1912, REFLECTS OKLAHOMA STATEHOOD 
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