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
26 STARS, MADE FOR THE 1844 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF HENRY CLAY & THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, WITH A BEAUTIFUL GREAT STAR CONFIGURATION AND THE VERY RARE PRESENCE OF A THIRD CANDIDATE, HENRY MARKLE, WHO WAS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IN PENNSYLVANIA; ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES IN THIS STYL
36 SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS ON AN CIVIL WAR ERA FLAG WITH ELONGATED PROPORTIONS, SIGNED "CHRISTY," 1864-1867, NEVADA STATEHOOD
38 STARS WITH VARYING ORIENTATIONS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH "SQUARISH" PROPORTIONS, A LARGE AND EXTREMELY SCARCE EXAMPLE, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
36 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, IN AN ESPECIALLY LARGE SCALE AND WITH ENDEARING WEAR, 1864-67, NEVADA STATEHOOD
35 STARS, PROBABLY A CIVIL WAR CAMP COLORS, WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD, 1863-1865, ONE OF A TINY HANDFUL OF PRESS-DYED WOOL FLAGS WITH A RANDOM CONFIGURATION OF STARS
48 STARS, CROCHETED, A PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE 1912 - WWI ERA, WITH AN ATTRACTIVE CHESTNUT BROWN HOIST
38 STARS ON A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON, IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, WITH A RARE GROUPING OF 3 STARS IN EACH CORNER, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
37 STARS ON A LARGE SCALE SILK PARADE FLAG WITH "DANCING" OR "TUMBLING" ORIENTATION, NEBRASKA STATEHOOD, 1867-1876, THE ERA OF AMERICAN RECONSTRUCTION
35 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION WITH A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR, 1863-65, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD
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