Flag: Cromwell Flag
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 4 x 6 in. ( 10.2 x 15.2 cm )
flagstaff: 11 x 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk printed flag with a Union Jack canton and a red field; nailed to a black wood flagstaff with a gold painted finial.
Credit Line:
Charles M. Lefferts Collection
Object Number:
INV.12269i
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
8379
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: Cromwell Flag (modified, w/pine tree)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 4 x 6 in. ( 10.2 x 15.2 cm )
flagstaff: 11 x 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk printed flag with a green pine tree in a white canton; red field; nailed to a black wood flagstaff with a gold painted finial.
Credit Line:
Charles M. Lefferts Collection
Object Number:
INV.12269h
Gallery Label:
The "Cromwell flag" was the original flag of the American colonies, adopted in 1707.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
8378
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: Pine Tree Flag
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 4 x 6 in. ( 10.2 x 15.2 cm )
flagstaff: 11 x 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk printed white flag with a green pine tree in the center; nailed to a black wood flagstaff with a gold painted finial.
Credit Line:
Charles M. Lefferts Collection
Object Number:
INV.12269g
Gallery Label:
The pine tree flag was originally the flag of the Massachussetts Colony. In 1776 it became the ensign of Naval Vessels.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
8377
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"Don't Tread On Me"
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 4 x 6 in. ( 10.2 x 15.2 cm )
flagstaff: 11 x 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk printed white flag with a coiled rattlesnake in the center; inscribed below: "DONT TREAD ON ME"; nailed to a black wood pole with a gold painted finial.
Credit Line:
Charles M. Lefferts Collection
Object Number:
INV.12269f
Marks:
printed: center: "DON'T TREAD ON ME"
Gallery Label:
The "Don't Tread on Me" flags were the ensigns of the Southern States from 1776 to 1777.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
8376
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: England
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 4 x 6 in. ( 10.2 x 15.2 cm )
flagstaff: 11 x 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk printed Union Jack nailed to a black wood flagstaff with a gold painted finial.
Credit Line:
Charles M. Lefferts Collection
Object Number:
INV.12269c
Gallery Label:
The Union Jack, the national flag of England, served as the U.S. flag from 1620 to 1777, when the U.S. was an English colony. In 1606, Scotland was added to England and the white cross of St. Andrew was added to the English Cross. The field was also changed to blue.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
8375
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1861-1863
Medium:
Wool, cotton, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 95 x 154 in. ( 241.3 x 391.2 cm )
Description:
Wool machine-sewn U.S. flag with 34 cotton stars on each side of the canton; thirteen red and white stripes; natural linen hoist with metal grommets along its length.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary Thurston Horn
Object Number:
1935.49
Gallery Label:
This flag was bought and hung out by the donor's father, New York lawyer William Thurston Horn, at the time of Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in 1865. Horn lived at 325 Second Avenue at 19th Street.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1863
eMuseum Object ID:
8374
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: ? Stars Americnan Flag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1939
Medium:
Wool, cotton, metal grommets
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 x 97 1/2 in. ( 127 x 247.6 cm )
Object Number:
INV.12271
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
8373
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 36 Star American Flag
Classification:
Date:
1889
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. ( 29.8 x 43.8 cm )
Description:
Silk printed U.S. flag with thirty-nine stars in the blue printed canton; thirteen red and white stripes.
Credit Line:
Charles M. Lefferts Collection, 1923
Object Number:
INV.12269n
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
8371
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 42 Stars Americnan Flag
Classification:
Date:
1896-1907
Medium:
Wool, cotton, jute rope
Dimensions:
Overall: 144 x 209 in. ( 365.8 x 530.9 cm )
Description:
Wool U.S. flag with forty-five cotton stars in the canton, a white silk stripe runs half-way across the canton; thirteen red and white stripes; white cotton hoist strung through with jute cord.
Credit Line:
Gift of Madison Grant
Object Number:
1936.449
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1907
eMuseum Object ID:
8372
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: German
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
flag: 2 1/8 x 3 in. ( 5.4 x 7.6 cm )
flagstaff: 5 1/4 x 3/8 in. ( 13.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Silk printed miniature German flag; stripes of black, red and yellow; brass bin with a ball head as a flagstaff.
Credit Line:
Charles M. Lefferts Collection, 1923
Object Number:
INV.12269l
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
8370
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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