Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

38 STAR FLAG WITH "DANCING" OR "TUMBLING" STARS, MADE OF SILK, WITH GENEROUS SCALE AND VIVID COLORS, COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889 
46 STARS WITH VARIED STAR POSITIONING ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, 1907-1912, REFLECTS OKLAHOMA STATEHOOD 
TRIANGULAR, YELLOW, SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT WITH VIOLET "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, A BLACK BINDING & TIES, AND A GOLD PIN-BACK AFFIXED TO THE HOIST END, CA 1910-1920 
WWII AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN ELONGATED PROFILE, A SKY BLUE CANTON, AND 48 SIX-POINTED STARS WITH STAR-OF-DAVID PROFILES; PROBABLY MADE IN FRANCE OR BELGIUM TO WELCOME U.S. TROOPS FOLLOWING LIBERATION FROM THE GERMANS, CIRCA 1944, AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE 
44 STAR FLAG WITH BEAUTIFULLY HAND-SEWN STARS IN AN HOURGLASS PATTERN ON A SOLDIER BLUE CANTON, AN ANTIQUE EXAMPLE; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WYOMING 1890-1896 
44 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE CIRCA 1890-1896, WHEN WYOMING WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOING THE UNION; RARE IN THIS PERIOD WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS 
TRIANGULAR FELT SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT WITH AN INTERESTING DESIGN AND TEXT THAT READS: "VOTES FOR WOMEN", IN AN EXCEPTIONAL STATE OF PRESERVATION, CA 1910-1920 
LARGE SCALE, PRINTED SILK KERCHIEF FEATURING CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS AND EIGHT OF HIS STAFF, AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE IN THE ONLY KNOWN STYLE PRODUCED FOR THE CONFEDERACY DURING THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, AND THE BEST OF THOSE KNOWN TO HAVE SURVIVED 
38 STARS IN CRUDE COLUMNS WITH HAPHAZARD ORIENTATION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A BEAUTIFUL, SLATE BLUE CANTON, SIGNED "LEDDON," MADE IN THE ERA WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889 
44 STARS IN ZIGZAGGING ROWS ON A PRESS-DYED WOOL AMERICAN FLAG MADE BY THE HORSTMANN COMPANY IN PHILADELPHIA, POSSIBLY FOR USE AS A MILITARY CAMP COLORS, 1890-1896, REFLECTS WYOMING STATEHOOD 
FIRST NATIONAL PATTERN CONFEDERATE FLAG OF THE REUNION ERA, IN THE ORIGINAL, OFFICIAL DESIGN, WITH A CIRCULAR WREATH OF 7 STARS, ca 1910-1930 
"ROOSEVELT BATTLE FLAG" KERCHIEF, MADE FOR THE 1912 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT, WHEN HE RAN ON THE INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE PARTY TICKET, SIGNED "D&C / NY" WITH "UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD" IMAGE COPYRIGHT 
VINTAGE CALIFORNIA STATE "BEAR" FLAG, MADE BY AMERICAN FLAG & BANNER CO., CA 1946-1960's 
34 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG PEN WIPE / BIBLE FLAG, OPENING YEARS THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-63, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF KANSAS AS THE 34TH STATE 
WWII VINTAGE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 48 STARS AND ENDEARING WEAR FROM OBVIOUS LONG-TERM USE, A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, MARKED "No. 11, DATED “1943,” MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, HEADQUARTERS OF THE PACIFIC FLEET 
13 STARS IN A CIRCULAR VERSION OF THE 3RD MARYLAND PATTERN, ON AN ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE, SMALL SCALE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE IN THE 1890's-1910 ERA 
13 STAR FLAG WITH HAND-SEWN, CANTED STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN, THE ONLY EXAMPLE I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED WITH THE MARK OF THE “UNITED STATES LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT”, AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE IN A WONDERFUL SMALL SCALE, MADE ca 1880 - 1895 
LADY COLUMBIA SURMOUNTING THE GLOBE WITH SHEATHED SWORD AND FEDERAL SHIELD, DRAPED IN THE AMERICAN FLAG AND CROWNED WITH A FIGHTING EAGLE AND STARS; A HAND-PAINTED BANNER OF MONUMENTAL SCALE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY 
38 STARS IN A NOTCHED, CROSSHATCH PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE BY THE U.S. BUNTING COMPANY IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, SIGNED "TORREY," REFLECTS THE ERA OF COLORADO STATEHOOD, CIRCA 1876-1889 
1865 ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOURNING BROADSIDE / HANDBILL DEPICTING A RED AND BLACK STRIPED FLAG WITH 34 STARS