 42 STARS IN A WHIMSICAL MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR AND INCORPORATES 7 TINY STARS; NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, circa 1889-1890
 48 STARS ON A CROCHETED AMERICAN FLAG, PROBABLY MADE IN THE PATRIOTISM OF WWII (U.S. INVOLVEMENT 1941-1945), A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE, WITH LARGE, WELL-EXECUTED STARS AND STRIKING COLORS
 13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A BEAUTIFUL MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS; A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE, MADE CIRCA 1895-1926
 31 STARS IN A GREAT STAR PATTERN, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE DURING THE PERIOD OF CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD (1850-1858), WITH APPLIQUÉD TEXT ADDED TO CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1858, THE PRECISE DAY THAT A 32nd STAR WAS OFFICIALLY ADDED FOR MINNESOTA; A MAKE-DO EXAMPLE WITH RIBBON AS STRIPES & EXCEPTIONAL FOLK QUALITIES, CLOSELY RELATED TO FLAGS FOUND IN THE FORMER MAINE HOME OF CPL. JOHN WILLIAM MORIN, WHO FOUGHT WITH THE 20th MAINE REGIMENT UNDER COL. JOSHUA CHAMBERLIN AT GETTYSBURG
 38 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A "NOTCHED" PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE AT THE TIME WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889
 42 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A WAVE CONFIGURATION OF LINEAL COLUMNS, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT THAT REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, MONTANA, AND THE DAKOTAS, circa 1889-1890
 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION, MADE BY THE U.S. BUNTING COMPANY IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, REFLECTS THE ERA OF COLORADO STATEHOOD, circa 1876-1889
 34 STARS IN A LINEAL ARRANGEMENT THAT RESULTS IN A CONFIGURATION THAT I HAVE TERMED "GLOBAL ROWS," ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE DURING THE OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-63, KANSAS STATEHOOD
 13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH A CIRCULAR ARRANGEMENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE 3RD MARYLAND PATTERN, ON A SMALL SCALE EXAMPLE WITH BEAUTIFUL, ELONGATED PROPORTIONS AND AN UNUSUALLY LARGE CENTER STAR, MADE CIRCA 1890-1900
 SILK SUFFRAGETTE RIBBON WITH “VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, 1910-1919
 EXCEPTIONAL SAILOR’S SOUVENIR EMBROIDERY FROM THE ORIENT, WITH 13 STARS, CROSSED FLAGS, AND A FEDERAL EAGLE, PERCHED FOR FLIGHT, ON A PATRIOTIC SHIELD; SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WHAT IS TYPICALLY ENCOUNTERED, circa 1885-1910
 ANTIQUE AMERICAN PRIVATE YACHT ENSIGN WITH 13 SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD, HAND-SEWN STARS & CANTED ANCHOR, A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE, MADE BY ANNIN IN NEW YORK CITY, CIRCA 1865-1885
 MEXICAN / MEXICO FELT PENNANT WITH BEAUTIFUL, SATURATED COLORS AND DESIGN, CA 1915
 STATE FLAG OF NORTH CAROLINA, MADE BY ANNIN IN NEW YORK CITY, PRESENTED TO A CHAPTER OF THE COLONIAL DAMES IN 1921, PROBABLY COMMISSIONED IN THAT YEAR
 CANADIAN RED ENSIGN WITH A COMPOSITE SHILED THAT FEATURES 7 PROVINCES, IN USE FROM APPROXIMATELY 1873 – 1896; ONE OF THE EARIEST VERSIONS, APPEARING JUST 5 YEARS AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BASIC DESIGN; HIGHLY UNUSUAL WITH THE DEVICE ON A WHITE RECTANGULAR PANEL
 HOMEMADE, 13 STAR, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 STAR CONFIGURATION AND EXTREMELY UNUSUAL CONSTRUCTION, PROBABLY MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
 44 TUMBLING STARS IN AN HOURGLASS PATTERN, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A STRIKING, BRIGHT BLUE CANTON AND SCARLET STRIPES, REFLECTS WYOMING STATEHOOD, circa 1890-1896
 PRO-UNION CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE WITH SPECTACULAR GRAPHICS THAT INCLUDE A LARGE IMAGE OF WASHINGTON INSIDE A STAR-SHAPED MEDALLION WITH 34 STARS, PHILADELPHIA, 1861-1863
 13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE BETWEEN THE 1876 CENTENNIAL AND THE LAST DECADE OF THE 19TH CENTURY, WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION AND IN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SCALE FOR THE TIME PERIOD AMONG FLAGS IN THIS STAR COUNT
 46 STAR, SLIK, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH STARS IN CANTED ROWS, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF OKLAHOMA TO THE UNION DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 1907-1912
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