Museum Collections

Silk mayor's flag; orange, white, and blue striped with the Astor or New York City seal in the center, 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 below it is incribed, "1664" , and five blue stars above; white silk fringe trim around the three edges of the fly.