Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1861
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 13 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Cream silk satin ribbon printed in blue and red; depicts shield with stars and stripes surmounted by eagle with American flag and banderole in his beak inscribed "E PLURIBUS UNUM"; inscription "UNION/MUST/ AND SHALL BE/PRESERVED".
Object Number:
INV.3054
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
8651
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1861
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 3 9/16 in. ( 12.7 x 9 cm )
Description:
Cream silk satin ribbon printed in red and blue; depicts world globe inscribed "OUR COUNTRY", emerging from sea waters and surmounted by American flag; text of the song printed beneath.
Object Number:
INV.3051
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
8588
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 18.1 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
White silk ribbon printed with oval engraved portraits of John C. Breckenridge and his vice presidental running mate Joseph Lane. Detail from a photo by J.E.M. C[ro]ss, Wash. D.C., engraved by
Object Number:
INV.2998
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
8586
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 20 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Cream silk ribbon printed with engraved bust length portrait of Bell facing right. Inscribed with signature of John Bell.
Object Number:
INV.2980
Marks:
Inscription: Signature of John Bell
Inscription: "Photography by Brady/Eng. by J.C."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
8573
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stephen Arnold Douglas Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1861
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 9/16 x 2 5/8 in. ( 19.2 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Cream woven silk ribbon with printed bust-length portrait of Stephen A. Douglas with his signature below; scalloped salvages.
Object Number:
INV.2975
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
8572
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stephen Arnold Douglas Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1861
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 2 9/16 in. ( 19 x 6.5 cm )
Description:
Cream woven silk ribbon with printed bust-length portrait of Stephen A. Douglas with his signature below; scalloped salvages.
Object Number:
INV.2974
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
8571
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel Johnson Presidential Campaign Ribbon
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 2 7/16 in. ( 20.3 x 6.2 cm )
Description:
Pink silk satin ribbon printed in black. Central image of eagle with shield and spread wings, a rock inscribed "THE CONSTITUTION" upon which rests a platform inscribed "DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM" with two men holding a flag. Inscribed: " 'The Union' It Must Be Preserved/DEMOCRATIC/CANDIDATES,/DOUGLAS/AND/JOHNSON./The Safeguards of the Union."
Object Number:
INV.2973
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
8570
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bookmark: Mama
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Paper, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Horizontally oriented bookmark embroidered on pre-printed perforated paper in red wool thread, with angled corners; unfinished motto in needlepoint stitch.
Object Number:
INV.1687
Marks:
embroidered: across center in red: "To My Dear Mama"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
8553
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1861-1865
Medium:
Wool, cotton, bast rope
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 x 94 in. ( 127 x 238.8 cm )
Description:
Wool machine sewn U.S. flag with thirty-four white cotton stars in the canton (four rows of seven stars, one row (top) of six); thirteen red and white stars; white cotton hoist strung through with bast rope.
Object Number:
INV.12287
Gallery Label:
This is probably the flag flown by the U.S. Navy Gunboat "Samuel L. Brewster," a former New York steam tug, during a Civil War skirmish in 1864. Under the command of Major General Charles Graham of New York, the "Brewster" led a brigade of gunboats, transports, and navy ships up the James River in May 1864. The "Brewster" participated in an attack on Fort Clifton and was hit by a shell that penetrated her boiler and killed four army crewmen. General Graham ordered that the "Brewster" be burned, but he salvaged its U.S. flag and kept it among his personal possessions. He later presented the "sacred and glorious relic" to the Historical Society on March 6, 1866.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
8511
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 38 Stars American
Classification:
Date:
1876-1889
Medium:
Wool, cotton, linen, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 84 x 138 in. ( 213.4 x 350.5 cm )
Description:
Wool machine-sewn U.S. flag with thirty-eight cotton stars hand sewn to the canton; thirteen red and white stripes; linen hoist with metal grommetfs along its length.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Jasper Cairns
Object Number:
1941.137
Gallery Label:
This flag was made when the thirty-eighth state, Colorado, entered the Union in 1876.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
8509
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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