Flag: blue, red 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 blue, horizontal stripes; nailed to wooden flagstaff with metal nails at top and bottom of the hoist; gold painted finial on flagstaff.
Object Number:
INV.12190
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
31379
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Cotton, burlap
Dimensions:
Overall: 48 x 43 x 1/2 in. ( 121.9 x 109.2 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular cotton hooked rug with uncut pile and burlap foundation; allover pattern of red-outlined "snowflakes" on beige and light brown ground.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.968
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
31377
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner and fragments
Classification:
Date:
1816-1865
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
overall: 59 x 39 3/4 in.
Description:
Silk firemen's banner of Wards 23 and 24, New York City; blue silk front panel with a painted central medallion of a bearded fireman holding a trumpet in his left hand and raising his right in front of two firemen fighting a blaze, he wears a helmet that reads, "NY/ EXEMPT/ ASSOCIATION/ JAN VAN H."; the banner is inscribed above the medallion, "EXEMPT FIREMENS/ BENEVOLENT FUND ASSOCIATION"; and below, "23RD and 24TH WARDS"; backed with yellow silk; gold metallic ribbon trimming along the edges of the banner; two metallic (oxidized) fringed tassels hang from the base; four blue silk ribbons sewn across the top; silk and paint fragments (b).
Object Number:
INV.11611ab
Marks:
painted: all over: "EXEMPT FIEMENS/ BENEVOLENT FUND ASSOCIATION/ NY/ EXEMPT/ ASSOCIATION/ JAN VAN H./ 23RD AND 24TH WARDS"
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. The term "Exempt" in association with the fire department in New York developed from this policy. In 1865, the volunteer fire departments were disbanded and replaced with professional firemen.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
31375
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag fragment
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 17 in. ( 27.9 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Silk flag fragment; part of the blue canton with the white stars cut out, part of one red stripe and part of the white canton.
Object Number:
Z.1509
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31374
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pennant: Hudson River Day Line, blue
Classification:
Date:
1912
Medium:
Felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 23 in. ( 27.9 x 58.4 cm )
Description:
Blue felt pennant with a printed image of the steamboat "Washington Irving" in an oval medallion flying several international flags; inscribed, "HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE/ WASHINGTON IRVING/ LAUNCHED AT/ CAMDEN, N.J./ NOV, 1912." around the oval; orange felt hoist with ties at each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Hudson River Day Line
Object Number:
1948.498b
Marks:
printed: center: "HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE/ WASHINGTON IRVING/ LAUNCHED AT/ CAMDEN, N.J./ NOV, 1912"
printed: tag on hoist: American Flag Co./45-47 Elizabeth St./ New York, NY/ 54-56 West Lake St./ Chicago Ill.
Gallery Label:
The Hudson River Day Line developed out of the Hudson River Steamboat Association, a quasi-monopoly of the major Hudson River ship operators formed in 1832. It traveled between New York City and Albany. The "Washington Irving" was built by the New York Ship-building Company, Camden, NJ in 1912. The HDL provided service along the Hudson until 1949, when it was disbanded.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1912
eMuseum Object ID:
31368
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pennant: Hudson River Day Line, red
Classification:
Date:
1912
Medium:
Felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 22 3/4 in. ( 27.9 x 57.8 cm )
Description:
Orange felt pennant with a printed image of the steamboat "Washington Irving" in an oval medallion flying several international flags; inscribed, "HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE/ WASHINGTON IRVING/ LAUNCHED AT/ CAMDEN, N.J./ NOV, 1912." around the oval; orange felt hoist with ties at each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Hudson River Day Line
Object Number:
1948.498a
Marks:
printed: center: "HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE/ WASHINGTON IRVING/ LAUNCHED AT/ CAMDEN, N.J./ NOV, 1912"
printed: tag on hoist: American Flag Co./45-47 Elizabeth St./ New York, NY/ 54-56 West Lake St./ Chicago Ill.
Gallery Label:
The Hudson River Day Line developed out of the Hudson River Steamboat Association, a quasi-monopoly of the major Hudson River ship operators formed in 1832. It traveled between New York City and Albany. The "Washington Irving" was built by the New York Ship-building Company, Camden, NJ in 1912. The HDL provided service along the Hudson until 1949, when it was disbanded.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1912
eMuseum Object ID:
31364
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag belts (holsters) and fragments
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Leather, metal
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 34 1/2 × 7/8 in. (87.6 × 2.2 cm)
Overall (b): 34 × 7/8 in. (86.4 × 2.2 cm)
Each (c and d): 2 1/4 × 7
Description:
Two brown leather flag belts (used to support flag when a person holds it upright) with one pronged brass buckles; two leather fragments that separated from the end inserted through the buckle.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York State Court of the National Society of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Object Number:
1969.3.9a-d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
31348
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flagstands
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
each overall: 2 1/2 x 12 in. ( 6.4 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Two circular cast metal flagstands; circular flag rest with hole to support a flag in the center held up by four cross bars that attach to a round circular base; painted gold.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York State Court of the National Society of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Object Number:
1969.3.8ab
Marks:
cast: on the underside: "ANNIN & CO."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
31346
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flags and stand
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Synthetic textile, wood
Dimensions:
Each (flag): 10 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 3/16 in. (26.7 x 14.9 x 0.5 cm)
Base: 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Five minature printed synthetic textile U.S. flags with forty-eight stars in the canton; thirteen red and white stripes; stapled to black flagstaffs with gold painted finials; gold painted conical base with five holes drilled into the top.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York State Court of the National Society of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Object Number:
1969.3.7a-f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
31344
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag on flagstaff
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 12 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. ( 31.1 x 45.1 cm )
flagstaff: 32 x 3/8 in. ( 81.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Silk printed U.S. flag with forty-eight stars in the canton; thirteen red and white stripes; nailed to the flagstaff at the top and the bottom of the hoist; gold painted flagstaff with a thin pyramidal finial.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York State Court of the National Society of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Object Number:
1969.3.6
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
31342
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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