Banner
Classification:
Date:
1977-1995
Medium:
Nylon, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 120 in. ( 61 x 304.8 cm )
Description:
Black, maroon, orange and ochre nylon banner in the "harlequin-scallop" design; maroon nylon panel on the upper half with black triangles across the top, and a thin, orange, scalloped line dividing it from the lower ochre panel; "ROCKEFELLER CENTER" and the Rockefeller Center logo (C-shape with four stripes through the center, with center stripes longer than the outer) in black nylon sewn to the lower panel; four semi-circular wind holes cut into the center of the banner; two metal grommets through the two hoist ends; manufacturer's label sewn to the upper right corner of the reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Rockefeller Center
Object Number:
1996.6b
Marks:
sewn: lower half of the panel: "ROCKEFELLER CENTER"
embroidered: on the label: "Art Flag Company/ INC./ MANUFACTURERS/ FLAGS-BANNERS/ NEW YORK CITY, N. Y."
Gallery Label:
This banner was designed for Rockefeller Center by Kissiloff Associates and manufactured by the Art Flag Company between 1977 and 1995. It was designed to hang from light poles around Rockefeller Center.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1995
eMuseum Object ID:
41460
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pennant
Classification:
Date:
1964-1965
Medium:
Felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 33 in. ( 29.8 x 83.8 cm )
Description:
Triangular blue felt pennant with an orange felt stripe and a pair of blue ties sewn to the hoist end; image of the Unisphere printed in orange and white; pennant inscribed, "The New York/ WORLD'S FAIR/ 1964-65" in orange and white; "UNISPHERE PRESENTED BY UNITED STATES STEEL" below the image in white ink.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herb Samuels
Object Number:
2000.2d.1
Marks:
printed in the center: "The New York/ WORLD'S FAIR/ 1964-65" in orange and white ink
printed below the image: "UNISPHERE PRESENTED BY UNITED STATES STEEL" in white ink
Gallery Label:
This pennant was purchased at the 1964-1965 World's Fair, held in Queens. Located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, the site of the 1939 exhibition,
New York's 1964 World's Fair was the largest of the city's three international exhibitions and attracted over fifty-one million visitors. The fair was organized by a team headed by former city planner Robert Moses and was beset by controversies that culminated in a boycott by the Bureau of International Expositions. Although tensions with the BIE resulted in diminished international participation, the fair showcased American industry and influence through the theme, "Peace Through Understanding," embodied by the twelve-story steel Unisphere globe.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1965
eMuseum Object ID:
41418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pennant
Classification:
Date:
1964-1965
Medium:
Felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 29 3/4 in. ( 23.8 x 75.6 cm )
Description:
White felt pennant with an orange stripe and white ties sewn to the hoist; printed with an image of the Missouri pavillion, the airplane "The Spirit of St. Louis" and the "Gemini" space capsule in orange, blue, green, black and yellow ink; and printed, "MISSOURI/ PAVILLION/ "SPIRIT OF/ ST. LOUIS/ GEMINI/ The New York/ WORLD'S FAIR/ 1964-1965" in blue, black and orange ink.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herb Samuels
Object Number:
2000.2d.3
Marks:
printed: around the image: "The Spirit of St. Louis" and the "Gemini" space capsule in orange, blue, green, black and yellow ink; and printed, "MISSOURI/ PAVILLION/ "SPIRIT OF/ ST. LOUIS/ GEMINI
printed: beside the image: The New York/ WORLD'S FAIR/ 196
Gallery Label:
This pennant was purchased at the 1964-1965 World's Fair, held in Queens.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1965
eMuseum Object ID:
41417
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pennant
Classification:
Date:
1964-1965
Medium:
Felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 8 3/4 in. ( 10.2 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
Triangular blue felt pennant with an orange felt stripe sewn to the hoist end; image of the Unisphere printed in orange and white; pennant inscribed, "The New York/ WORLD'S FAIR/ 1964-65" in orange and white; "UNISPHERE PRESENTED BY UNITED STATES STEEL" below the image in white ink.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herb Samuels
Object Number:
2000.2d.2
Marks:
printed: in the center: "The New York/ WORLD'S FAIR/ 1964-65" in orange and white ink
printed: below the image: "UNISPHERE PRESENTED BY UNITED STATES STEEL" below the image in white ink
Gallery Label:
This pennant was purchased at the 1964-1965 World's Fair, held in Queens.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1965
eMuseum Object ID:
41416
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag of the 39th Regiment New York State Veteran Volunteers
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1861
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Flag: 57 × 73 1/2 in. (144.8 × 186.7 cm)
Frame: 62 5/16 × 78 5/16 × 1 1/2 in. (158.3 × 198.9 × 3.8 cm)
Description:
Blue silk flag of the 39th Regiment New York State Veteran Volunteers painted with the New York State seal in a gold cartouche in the center; shield in center of the cartouche has half New York State seal with a sun rising over the mountains and the Hudson river, and half U.S. shield with twelve stars in a blue canton over thirteen red and white vertical stripes; shield between personifications of Justice blindfolded with a sword and America with a liberty pole and red, white and blue liberty cap; banner below the shield inscribed, "EXCELSIOR" in roman letters; spread American bald eagle on a demi-globe above; painted red banner above the cartouche inscribed, "39th REG'T N. Y. S. V. V." in gold letters; painted white banner below the cartouche inscribed, "Presented/ by the City of/ New York" in gold letters; gold fringe around the fly; narrow hoist with tack holes. Reverse painted with seal of the City of New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, V
Object Number:
1946.34
Marks:
painted: in a banner in the cartouche: "EXCELSIOR"
painted: above the cartouche: "39th REG'T N. Y. S. V. V."
painted: below the cartouche: "Presented/ by the City of/ New York"
Gallery Label:
Soldiers on the Civil War battlefield followed their regimental flags, making color bearers the highly visible and critically important targets of an opposing force. First Lieutenant Kiliaen Van Rensselaer IV of the 39th Regiment New York State Veteran Volunteers was proud to have rescued this massive painted silk banner during the Battle of Sutherland’s Station in Virginia on April 2, 1865, when its wounded bearer could no longer carry it. Writing to his to family in Rye, New York, the next day, Van Rensselaer said, “We were away from any one, the rest retreating in disorder.… I seized the colors, told them to follow, they did, and we doubled quick across the opening, through shot and shell, I would turn around, towards the enemy, and wave the colors in defiance…. I bore the colors off safe, and I received the thanks of every one.”
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
41414
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Broadside
Classification:
Date:
1830
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/8 x 10 in. ( 38.4 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
White silk broadside printed with an "ODE/ WRITTEN FOR THE CELEBRATION/ OF THE/ FRENCH REVOLUTION" in two columns below the image of a printing press in blue ink; red decorative border printed around the ode in red ink.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Jorge R. André, June 1929
Object Number:
INV.2282
Marks:
printed: above the image of the press: "Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the/ Liberty of the Press is the palladium of all civil, political, and religious rights."
printed: below the press: "ODE/ WRITTEN F
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
41413
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner: Bronx Exempt
Classification:
Date:
1816-1865
Medium:
Cotton, silk ribbon
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/2 x 82 1/2 in. ( 59.7 x 209.6 cm )
Description:
Blue cotton banner painted red, yellow and gold letters, "BRONX EXEMPTS" with a gold scroll beneath; yellow metallic trim along the scalloped edges; metallic (oxidized) fringe along the bottom edge; blue silk sibbons along the top edge; backed with yellow cotton.
Object Number:
INV.12325
Marks:
painted: center: "BRONX EXEMPTS"
Gallery Label:
In 1816, the Common Council of New York City encouraged enlistment in fire companies by exempting firemen from jury duty and service in the militia. This is where the term Exempt in association with the fire department in New York developed from. In 1865, the volunteer fire departmen was replaced with professionals, disbanding the volunteer ward, most of which were associated with Tammany Hall and much of the political corruption in the first half of the 19th century in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
41254
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Broadside
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1832
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. ( 49.5 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Copper-engraved silk broadside with an obituary of Sir Walter Scott; American bald eagle armorial at top; black in on a white ground.
Object Number:
INV.1900e
Date Begin:
1832
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
40948
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Erie Canal Celebration Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1825
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 2 in. ( 23.5 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
White silk copper-engraved ribbon with center medallion image of Neptune seated in sea shell and Pan seated on cornicopia in boat; Native American seated in boat; printed around central image with "ALLIANCE OF NEPTUNE AND PAN/ UNION OF ERIE WITH THE ATLANTIC."
Object Number:
INV.1900b
Gallery Label:
This ribbon commemorates the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 after eight years of construction, a project that would spur development of the port of New York City in years to come. The Erie Canal spanned 363 miles across New York state, connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River.
Date Begin:
1825
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
40946
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pennant from the City History Club
Classification:
Date:
1960-1970
Medium:
Felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 34 7/8 in. ( 33.7 x 88.6 cm )
Description:
Triangular orange felt pennant with a black felt stripe and ties sewn to the hoist; black felt medallion with a beaver in the center and the inscription, "FOR THE CITY/ 1897/ CITY HISTORY CLUB/ OF NEW YORK" sewn in black felt letters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herb Samuels
Object Number:
2000.2e
Date Begin:
1960
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
40904
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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