The Other 48 Star United States Flags

44 Star U.S. Flag, 1891, Fort Keogh, MT, named for General Custer's Adjutant killed at Little Big Horn. This 44 star U.S. flag was used from 1891 to 1896 at the Fort Keogh frontier post. This 50 x 96 flag is a military anomaly because it does not comply with the U.S. Army standard flag dimension regulations of the day.

45 Stars U.S. Flag - 1st N.Y. Engineers, John R. Thompson - Spanish American War - Capture of Puerto Rico, 1898. Officer Thompson, of the 2nd Battalion's Company K, took this flag with him and inscribed it with the names of the various locations where the unit encamped in Puerto Rico during the Spanish American War.

46 Star U.S. Flag, Quartermaster Department Contract Flag, JC Copeland. This machine-sewn, wool, 56" x 90", 46 star flag is an excellent example of a military contract flag. Military sub-contract flags were made by flag makers to fill contracts for the United States Army and Navy.

U.S. 47 Star Flag conversion from a 46 Star Flag. This large wool flag was converted into a 47-star flag by adding a star to a 46-star flag. One can see the odd star on the lower fly side of the canton. It was donated to the Star Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore in 1963 by Mrs. Alexander F. Jenkins.

U.S. 47 Star Flag - New Mexico's Statehood. On January 6, 1912, New Mexico became the forty-seventh state admitted into the Union. No official forty-seven star flag ever existed, however, because Arizona entered the Union as the forty-eighth state on February 14 of the same year.

U.S. Unofficial 47 Star flag representing New Mexico's statehood. This is an unofficial flag of the U.S., nevertheless some flag makers did produce 47 star flag to recognize the statehood of New Mexico in the 1 month, 8 days the U.S. contained only 47 states. Arizona joined the Union on 14 February 1912 rendering the 47star flag obsolete.

U.S. 48 Star Flag - Grand Luminary in a single ring. This home-made, cotton, 48-star Grand Luminary flag has a most unique star pattern; featuring 48 stars arranged in a five-point of 21 stars inside a single ring of 27 stars. Additionally this is an 'Anticipatory' flag, meaning a flag made before there were even 48 states within the Union

U.S. 48 Star Flag "Whipple Flag", 1912. 48 star flag with its stars arranged in a central star to symbolize the 13 original states. The ring of stars around the "Great Star" represents the 25 states admitted to the Union up to the time of the First centennial Exposition of 1876. An outer ring symbolizes the 10 states admitted after that.

Superior Court Judge John T. Ball, of Santa Clara County, California, acquired this flag. Unauthorized. circa 1912. Framed (outside dimensions 14 x 20). Exhibition History First Presidio Exhibit (ZFC0601) 48-STAR UNITED STATES FLAG, WITH STAGGERED ROWS Date: 1912 Medium: Printed on cotton Comment: A nu[...]

U.S. 48 Star Novelty Flag This flag was patented in 1916 and was self promoted by C.A. Hartman, 2833 N 12th St, Kansas City, Kansas. It was presented to The Flag Center by Dorothy Mittelstdat.

"Humanity Flag -48 Star Franco-Anglo-American Alliance Flag, 1917 - 1918 WWI. The United States entered World War I on the side of the beleaguered Allied Powers: the failing Russian regime, England and France. To reflect this alliance on the Western Front, Albert Hewitt patented this special variation of the U.S. Stars & Stripes.

US // 48 Star Flag / Kerchif Note the unusual star pattern of 5/9/9/7/7/8/5 horizontal rows. Display / Presentation History This important variant flag was presented to the audience during the 6th Annual Flag Symposium sponsored by The Flag House and Star Spangled Banner Museum, in Baltimore, MD, April 9, 2005. The prese[...]

U.S. 48 Star Flag - USS Macon This flag was created aboard the USS Macon, a Baltimore class U.S. Navy ship that had been commissioned shortly before the surrender of Japan on August 26th 1945. This particular shipboard-made flag was retained as a memento for the service of Seaman 2nd Class, Nicolas Polifko.

48 Star U.S. Flag, 1959, The last 48 Star U.S. Flag to fly over the U.S. Capitol. On July 3rd, 1959, after 47 years of unchanged service, the last of the 48 Star U.S. flags was raised over the capitol building in Washington, D.C. On the next day, the new 49 Star flag became the new official flag of the land.