Collection Highlights
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)
Date:
1724-1726
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1724.V
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Luce Center
Flag
Object Number:
1940.75a
Date:
1912-1940
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 84 x 106 in. ( 213.4 x 269.2 cm )
Description:
Silk U.S. flag with forty-eight white embroidered stars in the blue canton (six rows of eight stars); thirteen red and white stripes.
Gallery Label:
This flag belonged to the George Washington Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. (G.A.R.)
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry S. Sturgis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
