Flag: yellow w/2 red bands
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 11 1/8 x 17 3/4 in. ( 28.3 x 45.1 cm )
flagstaff: 23 x 1/4 in. ( 58.4 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk printed flag of Spanish merchant ships; yellow with two horizontal stripes; nailed to a wooden flagstaff with a gold painted finial.
Object Number:
INV.12290
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
8439
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: yellow w/2 red bands
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 11 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. ( 28.6 x 45.1 cm )
flagstaff: 23 x 1/4 in. ( 58.4 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk printed flag of Spanish merchant ships; yellow with two horizontal stripes; nailed to a wooden flagstaff with a gold painted finial.
Object Number:
INV.12289
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
8438
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 29 star American
Classification:
Date:
1889
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
Silk printed U.S. flag with thirty-nine stars in the blue printed canton (three rows of six stars and three rows of seven); thirteen red and white stripes.
Object Number:
INV.12288
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
8437
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cord: gold braid
Classification:
Date:
1850-1940
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 114 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 290.2 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Gold silk twisted cord.
Object Number:
INV.12278
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
8435
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"A Mirror for the Intemperate"
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 17 1/4 in. ( 45.7 x 43.8 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with stories and poems admonishing the intemperate in five columns; vignettes in the four corners and one in the center; decorative border; printed in black ink on white ground.
Object Number:
INV.10725
Marks:
printed: all over: "A MIRROR/ FOR THE INTEMPERATE./ MODERATE DRINKER... HYDRA MONSTER... TEMPERANCE/ ODE TO RUM./ By William Brown of Boston./ ..."
printed: across bottom: "Henry Bowen's Chemical Print.:::::::::For N. Boynton, Mechanic-Place, Boston.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
8434
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 48 Star American
Classification:
Date:
1939-1945
Medium:
Silk, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. ( 21.6 x 32.4 cm )
Description:
Silk kerchief with a U.S. flag printed in the center; forty-eight stars in the blue printed canton (six rows of eight stars); thirteen red and white stripes; image surrounded by a black rectangle; backed with white cotton.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Charles T. Miller
Object Number:
1952.22
Gallery Label:
This flag kerchief was carried by Lieutenant Roy Stigberg while he flew the military transport route from India to China, known as the "Hump," during World War II.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
8432
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: Nederland/Amerika
Classification:
Date:
1982
Medium:
Synthetic textile, cotton, cotton cord
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 x 58 in. ( 99.1 x 147.3 cm )
Description:
White synthetic textile flag printed with a black star whose right projections are red and blue waving lines; inscribed around the star, "1782 * 1982 * NEDERLAND * AMERICA *************" in black; white cotton hoist with a cotton cord strung through.
Object Number:
INV.12317
Marks:
printed: around star: "1782 * 1982 * NEDERLAND * AMERICA *************"
embroidered: on tag on hoist: "DOKKUMER/ VIAGGEN CENTRALE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1982
eMuseum Object ID:
8431
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flagstaff
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 102 x 4 x 3/4 in. ( 259.1 x 10.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden flagstaff with a brass spade-shaped arrowhead finial; turned ball base; brass hooks at top and middle of staff to which flag attaches.
Object Number:
INV.11419b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
8391
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flagstaff
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 102 x 4 x 3/4 in. ( 259.1 x 10.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden flagstaff with a brass spade-shaped arrowhead finial; turned ball base; brass hooks at top and middle of staff to which flag attaches.
Object Number:
INV.11422b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
8390
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Wool, cotton, metal grommets
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/2 x 60 in. ( 90.2 x 152.4 cm )
Description:
Wool Russian Merchant Ship flag with three stripes of blue, red and white; natural cotton hoist with metal grommets at each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Howard E. Potter
Object Number:
9556e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
8380
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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