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: 
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.

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