Night of Flags

13 Star U.S. Merchant Ensign, 4-5-4 Star design, Early Federal Period. The early history of this flag is unknown, but it was from the personal collection of noted collector William H. Guthman; and this flag may well be one of the earliest United States flags in the ZFC.

13 Star U.S. Flag - Grand Luminary design, Revolutionary & Early Federal Period.This 13 Star Flag duplicates the star arrangement in the Glory of the 1782 Great Seal of the U.S. The 13 stars are arranged in a "grand luminary," a pre- cursor to the Great Star design.This flag is dated to between 1782 and 1790.

13 Star U.S. Flag - Revolutionary & Early Federal Period. This flag is one of one of a few known Revolutionary era flags with the stars arranged in a single ring around a larger center star. Contemporary illustrations from the 1780s indicate that the 13 stars were often arranged as a circle of 12 around a single central star.

13 Star U.S. Flag, Revolutionary & Early Federal Period. Believed to be one of the oldest surviving 13-star flags from the early period of American history, this flag, from Salem, MA, bears blue stars onwhite, and reverses the traditional motifs. The placement of blue stars on a white canton is extremely rare.

13 Star US Flag, Privateer Ensign, Revolutionary War Period This early Stars & Stripes Flag of the Revolutionary War belonged to the Revolutionary War privateer Minerva and it is believed to be the only named ship's ensign to have survived. It was formerly part of the acclaimed collection of noted antique dealer Mr. Boleslaw Mastai

13 Star US Flag, four-five-four star pattern design with a large center star, Early Federal Period. This is one of the earliest documented American flags in existence from the Old Sandy Point Light House, New York in 1789. This flag was made shortly after the government was formed and the Constitution was adopted.

U.S. Presidential Flag of President Theodore Roosevelt, "Peace Flag"(1902). This flag, which was made at NY Navy Yard, was meticulously sewn and embroidered 6 months after the flag was authorized by TR. Its size indicates that it was a Boat Flag used by Roosevelt Administration between 1902 and 1909.

U.S. Presidential Office Flag of President Roosevelt early 1930s - 1945 with 1916 Design. This flag was used during FDR's 1st term. This exquisite hand-loom embroidered flag was made at the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot with fringe that is hand-twisted out of gold and silver bullion wire. Roosevelt would have used this in the White House

50 Star U.S. Flag, President John F. Kennedy Limousine - Assassination in Dallas 11/22/1963. These flags, which President John F. Kennedy used throughout his 1037 days in office, were on the presidential limousine when his life was taken in Dallas.It is one of first 50 star flags ever made.

President John F. Kennedy Presidential Limousine Flag - Assassination in Dallas 11/22/1963. This flag, which President John F. Kennedy used throughout his 1000 days in office, was on the presidential limousine when his life was taken in Dallas. It was used throughout the 1000 days of the JFK administration.

This is an automobile flag from the administration of President Ronald W. Reagan. President Reagan traveled extensively and made wide use of automobile flags. During his administration the size of automobile flags was reduced from the official 18 x 26 to a more modest 12 x 18. Annin & Co. made many of these flags for the administration.

United States Vice Presidential Flag, 1948-1975. This design was in use by the office of the Vice president from 1948-1975. The flag was presented to the Calvin Bullock Forum, of New York City, by one of three Vice Presidents who spoke there: Richard M. Nixon, Hubert H. Humphrey, Gerald R. Ford, or John D. Rockefeller.

U.S. Vice Presidential Flag - Lyndon Baines Johnson 1961-1963 This flag was used during the 1000 days of the JFK Administration, 1961-1963. Vice Presidential flags are encountered less frequently then the Presidential flags.

U.S. 36-Star Flag Grant-Colfax Campaign Flag. This small, 36-star, cotton parade flag was overprinted for the 1868 presidential election with the names of the two Republican Party candidates: "US Grant for President, S. Colfax for Vice President".

36-Star U.S. Flag Cleveland & Hendricks Campaign, 1884. This small printed cotton 36-star printed United States flag was made to commemorate the admission of Nevada in 1864. It was made official on 4 July 1965 and it was then rendered obsolete a scant two years later by the admission of Nebraska in 1867.

A Woman Suffrage Party Pennant, 1909. Pennants like this were distributed at the WSP inaugural convention on 29 October 1909, at Carnegie Hall, New York City, and it was waved by members and supporters alike. This pennant is framed with ZFC3124; a WSP celluloid pin from the same era.

A Woman Suffrage Party Pin, 1909. The Woman Suffrage Party of Greater New York (WSP) was founded by Mrs. Carrie Chapman in 1907. The WSP was modeled on the Democrat and Republican parties in the hope that by organizing, as they did in New York assembly and election districts, the WSP could better influence voters to pass woman suffrage.

34 Star U.S. Flag - Arthur Bullus Bradford, 1st U.S. Consul to Amoy, China. Likely one of the first U.S. flags made in China. It belonged to Arthur Bullus Bradford (1810-1899), who was President Abraham Lincoln's Consul to Amoy, China in 1861. This was a flag he had made and used during his tenure in Amoy, China.