1864 LINCOLN & JOHNSON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PARADE FLAG, RECYCLED FROM AN 1860 JOHN BELL, CONSTITUTIONAL UNION PARTY FLAG, WITH 35 STARS ARRANGED IN A UNIQUE VARIANT OF A "PENTAGON" OR "HEART" MEDALLION
31 STARS AND 17 STRIPES, THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE IN THIS STYLE WITH A "GREAT STAR" PATTERN THAT CONTAINS A GIGANTIC CENTER STAR AND 17 STRIPES, PROBABLY MADE WITH SOUTHERN SYMPATHIES, CANTON RESTING ON THE "BLOOD STRIPE", PRE-CIVIL WAR, CALIFORNIA STATEHOO
13 STAR PRIVATE YACHT ENSIGN, A NICE GRAPHIC EXAMPLE WITH AN ATTRACTIVE, CANTED ANCHOR, ca 1890-1920's
CALIFORNIA STATE FLAG, WITH ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE COLORATION, A GOLD SILK FRINGE, AND A MATCHING CORD WITH GOLD SILK TASSELS, CA 1940-50
31 STARS ARRANGED IN A RARE VARIATION OF THE "GREAT STAR" PATTERN THAT HAS A STAR BETWEEN EACH ARM, PRE-CIVIL WAR, CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD, 1850-1858
48 STARS, AN ELONGATED HOMEMADE FLAG WITH CRUDE FOLK FEATURES, FOUND IN BRITAIN, LIKELY MADE IN FRANCE OR BELGIUM, FLOWING LIBERATION FROM THE GERMANS DURING WWII (1941-45)
38 STARS IN AN EXTREMELY RARE LINEAL CONFIGURATION WITH 4 TINY STARS EMBEDDED IN THE PATTERN, EITHER MADE BETWEEN 1876-1889 (COLORADO STATEHOOD) OR PERHAPS IN THE 34 STAR PERIOD (1861-63), WITH 4 SMALL STARS FOR THE REMAINING TERRITORIES
38 STARS IN AN EXTREMELY RARE PATTERN THAT BEARS A CLUSTER OF 6 SMALL STARS WITHIN A LINEAL PATTERN OF LARGER STARS, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
PATRIOTIC BANNER WITH AMERICAN EAGLE, WITH RICH COLORS AND STRONG GRAPHICS, POSSIBLY COMMISSIONED BY THE LOTOS CLUB OF NEW YORK TO CELEBRATE THE END OF WWI (U.S. INVOLVEMENT 1917-18):
32 STARS, AN ESPECIALLY RARE, PRE-CIVIL WAR STAR COUNT, ON A RARE, SMALL SCALE, HOMEMADE FLAG, WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, 1858-59, MINNESOTA STATEHOOD
39 STARS IN TWO SIZES, ALTERNATING FROM ONE COLUMN TO THE NEXT, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, 1875-76
EXTREMELY RARE, 36 STAR, OVERPRINTED PARADE FLAG, MADE FOR THE 1872 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF ULYSSES S. GRANT & HENRY WILSON, ON ITS ORIGINAL, CARVED WOODEN STAFF
RARE, DIMINUTIVE, CAMPAIGN PARADE FLAG WITH 13 STARS, MADE IN 1856 FOR JOHN FREMONT & WILLIAM DAYTON, ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES. FREMONT OPENED THE GATEWAY TO CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD AND WAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
45 STAR PATRIOTIC FLAG SHIELD BUNTING, AN UNUSUAL TEXTILE WITH VERY ATTRACTIVE VERTICAL FORMAT, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, 1896-1907
38 STARS IN AN EXTREMELY RARE "BEEHIVE" CONFIGURATION, AN EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
RARE REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE FLAG WITH A BLUE EAGLE AMID AN ARCH OF 13 BLUE STARS ON A WHITE FIELD AND 16 VERTICAL RED AND WHITE STRIPES, CA 1900-1915
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