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Lot 512
[FLAGS]. 15-star American parade flag. Ca 1860s-1870s.
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$700 -
1,000
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$762
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Lot Description
[FLAGS]. 15-star American parade flag. Ca 1860s-1870s.
5 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. cotton, printed parade flag with canton consisting of one slightly larger star at center surrounded by a ring of ten stars, and one star in each corner. Attached to original 6 1/2 in. pole (partial loss just below flag).
This 15-star flag may have been made either to commemorate Kentucky's admission to the Union as the 15th state, which occurred in 1792, or to represent the number of states that were allied with the south during the Civil War.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.