Museum Collections

Wool flag of New York City; vertical stripes of orange, white and blue; center white stripe is printed with the New York City Seal; medallion with the Astor shield, decorated with beavers and cider casks divided by windmill blades, in the center a Native American holding a bow to the left and a man dressed in colonial attire to the right, above an eagle surmounts a globe and bellow it is incribed, "1664"; white cotton hoist with metal grommets at each end and in the center.