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Flag

Textile Maker
Date1933-1935
MediumMachine-stiched; cotton, wood
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 10 3/8 x 14 3/4in. (26.4 x 37.5cm) Other (length of wooded stick): 29 1/2in. (74.9cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Robert D. Scanlon
Object number1978.55.48
DescriptionSmall swallow-tailed flag on a wooden pole. The flag consists of two pieces of red-orange cotton machine sewn together vertically near the split of the swallowtail. The sleeve of the flag is wrapped around a pole of an unknown wood and fastened with a single piece of string 1 1/2" above the bottom edge. The edges of the flag have all been machine hemmed.
Status
Not on view
Gift of Hon. Gideon Welles, 1862.13.2 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
1861-1862
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1950.531.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Societ ...
Annin & Co.
1860
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1950.530.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Societ ...
Unknown
1889
Gift of Leverett Belknap, 1932.8.0 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Captain Albert D. Chapin
1861
Gift of Captain Charles J. Fuller, 1897.8.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
1862
Gift of George W. Cheney, Jr., 1974.6.101 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
George Wells Cheney Sr.
1917-1918
Gift of George W. Cheney, Jr., 1974.6.102 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
George Wells Cheney Sr.
1917-1918
Gift of George W. Cheney, Jr., 1974.6.104 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
George Wells Cheney Sr.
1917-1918