45 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS WITH WONDERFUL, FLOWER-LIKE PROFILES ON A HOMEMADE SILK FLAG WITH A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON AND BURGUNDY RED STRIPES, A MAGIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THE 1896-1908 PERIOD, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, UTAH STATEHOOD
45 STARS IN A "NOTCHED" DESIGN ON A SMALL SCALE FLAG OF THE 1896-1907 PERIOD, LEAVING SPACE OPEN FOR THE FUTURE ADDITION OF THREE MORE WESTERN TERRITORIES, OWNED AND POSSIBLY MADE BY ALVAH WOODBURY, A SHOEMAKER, OF BEVERLY MASSACHUSETTS
36 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE WITH ENDEARING WEAR, NICE COLORS, AND CANTED STARS, 1864-67, NEVADA STATEHOOD
48 STAR AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A BOLD CIVIL WAR VETERAN'S OVERPRINT, A 1908 DATE, A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON, AND A STAGGERED ROW CONFIGURATION, MADE 4 YEARS PRIOR TO THE ADDITION OF THE 48TH STATE
RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL 1821 PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, ONE OF THE TWO EARLIEST RENDERINGS ON CLOTH, PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY COLLIN GILLESPIE (OF SCOTLAND AND NEW YORK) FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET
JUGATE PORTRAIT POLITICAL KERCHIEF FROM THE 1904 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT & CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS WITH "THE RIGHT MEN IN THE RIGHT PLACE" SLOGAN
35 HAND-SEWN, SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS ON AN CIVIL WAR PERIOD FLAG WITH HAND-SEWN STRIPES, 1863-1865, WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD
13 STARS IN A VARIATION OF A VERY RARE CONFIGURATION CALLED THE "TRUMBULL PATTERN", NAMED BECAUSE OF THE USE OF FLAGS IN THIS BASIC DESIGN-A SQUARE OF STARS SURROUNDING A SINGLE CENTER STAR-IN THREE OF JOHN TRUMBULL'S 18TH CENTURY PAINTINGS OF HIS COMMANDER, GEORGE WASHINGTON, ca 1830-1850's
44 STARS ON A LARGE SCALE PARADE FLAG, WYOMING STATEHOOD, 1890-1896, RARE IN THIS PERIOD WITH A WREATH CONFIGURATION
31 STARS PLUS A "K" FOR BLEEDING KANSAS, AN EXTRAORDINARILY UNUSUAL FORM OF POLITICAL SYMBOLISM ON AN EARLY STARS & STRIPES, PRE-CIVIL WAR, CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD, 1850-1858
RARE NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL KERCHIEF, MADE FOR A CAMPAIGN RALLY IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1852 AND 1860, WITH A DYNAMIC EAGLE THAT BECKONS FOR CONTINUED PEACE AND 13 SIX-POINTED STARS
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