Piece of cloth
Classification:
Date:
1825-1900
Medium:
Muslin
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 x 68 in. ( 104.1 x 172.7 cm )
Description:
Hemmed fragment of cream colored muslin.
Object Number:
INV.12321
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31014
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1952 or 1956
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. ( 41.9 x 42.5 cm )
Description:
White silk campaign handkerchief of Adlai Stevenson printed "STEVENSON" twelve times in red and blue ink.
Object Number:
INV.6732.2
Marks:
printed: all over (x12): "STEVENSON"
Gallery Label:
Democrat Adlai Stevenson ran against Dwight D. Eisenhower in the presidential campaigns of 1952 and 1956, losing to Eisenhower both times.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1956
eMuseum Object ID:
31004
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1956
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. ( 34.3 x 34.3 cm )
Description:
White cotton handkerchief celebrating the Republican Party; gray elephant printed in the upper left corner with a red, white and blue streaper and two U.S. shields above with "G.O.P./ REPUBLICAN PARTY" inscribed below; upper right corner is inscribed with the party history; lower half has a list of republican presidents, where they were born, died, and thier burial place; border of elephant around all but the upper left corner; scalloped edge with a red line.
Object Number:
INV.6732.1
Marks:
printed: upper left corner: "G.O.P./ REPUBLICAN PARTY"
printed: upper right corner: "REPUBLICAN PARTY HISTORY/ Intense opposition in nonslave states to/ further exension of the slavery system/ brought the Republican Party into being and/ its first conven
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute, 1979.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1956
eMuseum Object ID:
31003
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flagstaff
Classification:
Date:
1912-1940
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
c: 84 x 1 3/4 in. ( 213.4 x 4.4 cm )
d: 35 x 1 3/4 in. ( 88.9 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Flagstaff of the George Washington Post of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.); wooden staff with metal cuff 2/3 of its length down, threaded interior on upper half, screw on top of lower half, allows the staff to screw together; metal half ball finial that originally was surmounted by an eagle (only talons extant); metal ovoid tip at base held on with a screw.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry S. Sturgis
Object Number:
1940.75cd
Gallery Label:
This flagstaff belonged to the George Washington Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. (G.A.R.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
31002
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: "True Blue, Republican, Protection, Home...
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1888
Medium:
Cotton, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 19 x 18 in. ( 48.3 x 45.7 cm )
flagstaff: 36 x 3/8 in. ( 91.4 x 1 cm )
Description:
Blue cotton campaign flag printed with a tan border inscribed, "TRUE BLUE/ HOME INDUSTRIES/ REPUBLICAN/ PROTECTION"; nailed with seven metal nails along the hoist to a wooden flagstaff.
Object Number:
INV.11649
Marks:
printed: along border: "TRUE BLUE/ HOME INDUSTRIES/ REPUBLICAN/ PROTECTION"
Gallery Label:
This flag is from the 1888 presidential campaign of Benjamin Harrison and running mate Levi P. Morton.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
30997
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hooked rug
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Cotton, wool, burlap
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 x 70 x 1/2 in. ( 96.5 x 177.8 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular mixed fiber hooked rug with uncut pile and burlap foundation; nautical design with three-masted sailing ship within central rectangle with a red anchor on variegated blue ground in each corner; rectangular border with brown square tooth border on tan ground; dark brown cotton backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1944.210
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30996
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
White cotton chintz banner with light blue painted scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "MANASSAS/ AUGUST 29 AND 30, 1862." at a diagonal in blue letters across the banner; red, white and blue fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1939.565
Marks:
painted: center: "MANASSAS/ AUGUST 29 AND 30, 1862."
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30992
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner: Peterburg, April, 1865
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton, wool, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Blue glazed cotton banner with white stenciled scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "PETERSBURG,/ APRIL 2, 1865." at a diagonal in white letters across the banner; red, white and blue twisted wool fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue silk grosgrain ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1939.581
Marks:
painted: center: "PETERSBURG,/ APRIL 2, 1865."
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30990
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner: Fort Stedman, March 1865
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
White cotton chintz banner with light blue painted scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "FORT STEDMAN/ MARCH 25, 1865." at a diagonal in white letters across the banner; red, white and blue fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1939.580
Marks:
painted: center: "FORT STEDMAN/ MARCH 25, 1865."
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30988
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banners: Spottsylvania, May 1864
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton, wool, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Blue glazed cotton banner with white stenciled scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "SPOTTSYLVANIA,/ MAY 9-13, 1864." at a diagonal in white letters across the banner; red, white and blue twisted wool fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue silk grosgrain ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1939.578
Marks:
painted: center: "SPOTTSYLVANIA,/ MAY 9-13, 1864."
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30986
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.






