Banner w/ dowel: Custom House
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Cotton, wood, metal finials
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 x 3 in. ( 104.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Red cotton pennant with the inscription, "CUSTOM/ HOUSE" sewn on in white cotton letters; a wooden pole is strung through the top with metal acorn finials at each end; a metal ring is attached at the center for hanging.
Object Number:
INV.11631
Marks:
sewn: center: "CUSTOM/ HOUSE"
Gallery Label:
This pennant is part of a set made with all of the names of the buildings designed by Cass Gilbert (1859-1934). Gilbert was an architect and surveyor. He worked early in his career as a draftsman for McKim, Meade and White. He later moved to Minnesota, and in 1882 won the competition for his design of the State Capitol. He returned to New York and is best known for the Woolworth Building (1913) in lower Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
19163
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner w/ dowel: Army Supply Base
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Cotton, wood, metal finials
Dimensions:
Overall: 63 x 41 x 1 in. ( 160 x 104.1 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Red cotton pennant with the inscription, "ARMY/ SUPPLY/ BASE" sewn on in white cotton letters; a wooden pole is strung through the top with metal acorn finials at each end; a metal ring is attached at the center for hanging.
Object Number:
INV.11628
Marks:
sewn: center: "ARMY/ SUPPLY/ BASE"
Gallery Label:
This pennant is part of a set made with all of the names of the buildings designed by Cass Gilbert (1859-1934). Gilbert was an architect and surveyor. He worked early in his career as a draftsman for McKim, Meade and White. He later moved to Minnesota, and in 1882 won the competition for his design of the State Capitol. He returned to New York and is best known for the Woolworth Building (1913) in lower Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
19162
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banners: NY Worlds Fair 1939
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Cotton, metal grommets
Dimensions:
Overall: 92 1/2 x 16 in. ( 235 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Blue banner painted in white, "1939/ *NEW YORK*/ WORLD'S FAIR" below a silouette of the Trylon and Perisphere; vertical blue and orange stripes below; white cotton hoist across top with metal grommets in each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1939.277
Marks:
painted: top: "1939/ *nEW YORK*/ WORLD'S FAIR"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
19114
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: Regt. flag 37th Regt. National Guard N.Y.S
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1859-1864
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 77 x 79 in. ( 195.6 x 200.7 cm )
Description:
Red silk regimental flag of the 37th Regiment National Guard of New York; gold embroidered seal of the New York National Guard in center with the inscription: "IBIMUS QUOCOMQUE OFFICIUM VOCAT." in a blue banner surrounding the seal; a militia cornet (arm with a raised sword or axe) is embroidered in red, beige, pink, blue, and gold above the seal; below the seal is a banner embroidered, "37th. RE'G N.Y.S.N.G." in gold; gold silk fringe trim on the three sides of the fly; button holes along the length of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. W. Harris Roome
Object Number:
1912
Marks:
embroidered: in center around seal: "IBIMUS QUOCUMQUE OFFICIUM VOCAT."
embroidered: below seal: "37th. RE'G N.Y.S.N.G."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
19051
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: NY Worlds Fair 1939
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/2 x 34 1/4 in. ( 90.2 x 87 cm )
Description:
Blue banner with a silouette of the Trylon and Perisphere stenciled on in white paint with orange highlights; inscribed "1939/ *NEW YORK*/ WORLD'S FAIR"; white cotton hoist across the top with metal grommets at each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1939.278
Marks:
painted: center: "1939/ *nEW YORK*/ WORLD'S FAIR"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
19050
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: Hawaiian Consul Flag
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wool, linen, metal grommets
Dimensions:
Overall: 59 1/2 x 98 in. ( 151.1 x 248.9 cm )
Description:
Wool Hawaiian Consul flag; British Union Jack in the canton; eight red, white and blue stripes; linen hoist with metal grommets at each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Schuyler L. Mackie, June 26, 1901
Object Number:
INV.12293
Marks:
printed: on hoist: "ANNIN & CO MAKERS NY"
Gallery Label:
This flag was used during the Consulship of Schuyler Livingston & S. U. F. Odell.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
19049
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 13 Star American Flag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Cotton, metal grommets
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 1/4 x 57 1/8 in. ( 94.6 x 145.1 cm )
Description:
Reproduction cotton "Betsy Ross" styled U.S. flag with thirteen applied stars on both sides of the blue canton in a circle around a single star: thirteen red and white stripes; white hoist with metal grommets at each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1941.1174
Marks:
handwritten: on hoist: "J W DUNSMORE/ COLL/ D-14"
Gallery Label:
This reproduction Revolutionary War flag was used by the donor in his studio when painting images of the American Revolution.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
19048
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: depot, field hospital glag w/3 crosses
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Cotton, wool, bast cord
Dimensions:
Overall: 52 1/2 x 75 in. ( 133.4 x 190.5 cm )
Description:
White cotton field hospital flag with three wool crosses (red, white, and blue) in a diagonal row across the field; hoist strung through with bast cord.
Object Number:
INV.12281
Gallery Label:
This Depot Hospital Flag was made for an Army Corp unit in Louisiana.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
19047
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: American
Classification:
Date:
1900-1925
Medium:
Cotton, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 12 x 18 in. ( 30.5 x 45.7 cm )
flagstaff: 32 x 3/8 in. ( 81.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed U.S. flag with forty-eight stars in the blue printed canton (six rows of eight); thirteen red and white stripes; nailed to wooden flagstaff with metal nails at top and bottom of the hoist; gold painted finial on flagstaff.
Object Number:
INV.12223
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
19045
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: red & white bands
Classification:
Date:
1900-1925
Medium:
Cotton, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 12 x 18 in. ( 30.5 x 45.7 cm )
flagstaff: 32 x 3/8 in. ( 81.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed flag half red and half white, horizontal stripes; nailed to wooden flagstaff with metal nails at top and bottom of the hoist; gold painted finial on flagstaff.
Object Number:
INV.12216
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
19044
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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