13 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION ON A SMALL-SCALE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE 1895-1926 ERA, SIGNED "TAUTOG," PROBABLY FLOWN ON THE YACHT OF THAT NAME BY OWNER GEORGE GARDINER FRY, WHO WON MANY RACES WITH HER AT THE TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY
13 STAR U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN MADE AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, NEW YORK, DATED 1907, PROBABLY PRODUCED TO OUTFIT TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S GREAT WHITE FLEET
48 STAR, U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA [HEADQUARTERS OF THE PACIFIC FLEET] DURING WWII, SIGNED AND DATED JULY 1942, WITH EXTENSIVE WEAR FROM OBVIOUS USE
13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL ERA, POSSIBLY A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN
EXTREMELY RARE U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONING PENNANT WITH 7 STARS, A REVERSAL OF THE U.S. NAVY COLOR SCHEME AND UNUSUALLY LARGE IN SCALE FOR THE PERIOD, WWI-WWII ERA (1917-1945)
RARE & BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH IMAGES OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND HIS GREAT WHITE FLEET, 1907-1909
RARE SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT WITH ICONIC BUGLER GIRL OR "CLARION" IMAGE, MADE FOR HARRIOT STANTON EATON BLANCH'S WOMENS POLITICAL UNION IN NYC, 1910-1915
13 STARS IN A MEDALLION PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE; A LARGE EXAMPLE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS OF THE PERIOD
42 STARS, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING, SIGNED "MRS. G.M. GILLETTE," 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD
38 STARS AND A VERY UNUSUAL COMPLEMENT OF 31 STRIPES, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889, WITH STUNNING GRAPHICS AND COLORS, ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES
15 STARS AND 15 STRIPES, A COPY OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER, THE FAMOUS FLAG, UPON WHICH FRANCIS SCOTT KEY GAZED IN BALTIMORE HARBOR WHILE WRITING THE WORDS TO THE SONG OF THE SAME NAME; THIS EXAMPLE MADE BY ANNIN & COMPANY IN NEW YORK CITY, CA 1912-14
13 STAR PRIVATE YACHT FLAG, WITH HAND-SEWN, SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS AND ANCHOR, MADE BY ANNIN IN NEW YORK CITY, CA 1875-1890, A GREAT, EARLY EXAMPLE AMONG SURVIVING FLAGS IN THIS FORM
42 STARS IN A WAVE CONFIGURATION OF LINEAL COLUMNS, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD
35 HAND-SEWN, SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS ON A CIVIL WAR FLAG FLOWN BY A NEW YORK STATE TINSMITH, MADE BETWEEN 1863 - 1865, REFELECTS WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD
RARE & SPECTACULAR CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE WITH AN 8-COLOR IMAGE OF WASHINGTON, FLANKED BY LADY LIBERTY AND LADY JUSTICE, ADVERTISING THE MUSTER OF NEW YORK MEN FOR A UNION ARMY REGIMENT THAT WOULD FIGHT IN VIRGINIA, CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND GRAPHIC EXAMPLES IN EXISTENCE, 1861-62
LARGE SCALE PARADE FLAG WITH 45 STARS, MADE FOR THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA IN SUPPORT OF THE 1900 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY & THEODORE ROOSEVELT
13 STAR, CENTENNIAL ERA, ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH UNUSUAL OVERPRINTED 1888 DATE AND SCROLL WORK, PROBABLY MADE FOR A BENJAMIN HARRISON RALLY IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR
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