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A 32 Star U.S. Flag with Canton converted to a 34 Star Flag....
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Description
A 32 Star U.S. Flag with Canton converted to a 34 Star Flag. The construction details of this 42" X 75" wool flag indicate that it began with a 32 Star canton, for Minnesota's admission to the Union. While 32-star flags were official for a year, some manufacturers may have anticipated the 33 Star Oregon flag, as 32-star flags of any type are very scarce.Because they became obsolete after only one year, many 32-star flags remained unsold in manufacturer's inventories. Then, with the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861, demand for 34 Star flags rapidly surpassed the supply. The prudent manufacturer of this printed 32 Star flag cut out several stars from other flags of the same style, hand-stitching two of them between the rows to create a new 34 Star flag. Several other examples of the printed 32 Star flags modified into 34 Star currently survive. Although there is a lack of evidence, there is reason to believe that these printed U.S. flags may have their origins from Annin & Company of New York City, a firm founded in 1847 and still in existence. Made during the presidency of James Buchanan, this flag was in service during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
Patterns of star arrangements can be observed to increase in variety in concurrence with the accession to the Union of every new state. When several flags of the same era are compared, a variety of materials can be seen. Nevertheless, official flags, by a large, continued to have been made of bunting and sometimes cotton and silk. The thirty-fourth state was Kansas, added in 1861. Although the secession of the South from the Union occurred that year, the flag of the United States persisted in including stars for all the American states, whether Federal or Confederate.
Condition: light fading and thread bare.
Exhibition History:
First Presidio Exhibit
32-Star United States Flag, Modified to 34 Stars
Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003 GALLERY III
32-Star United States Flag, Modified to 34 Stars
Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 1996 from the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Collection of Baltimore, MD.
Publication History:
Cooper, Grace Rogers, Thirteen Star Flags: Keys to Identification. Washington D.C., 1973, pp. 36-39.
Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006, p. 62. From the Zaricor Flag Collection.
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Auction Info
2023 November 13 - 14 Americana & Political Signature Auction Signature® Auction #6276 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2023
13th-14th
Monday-Tuesday
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