Flag

Object Name:

Flag

Object ID:

1972.503.01

Creator:

Dettra Flag CompanyManufacturer

Place of Origin:

Dettra Flag Company, Oaks, PA

Date:

1940-1949

Description:

Flag. United States. Machine stitched, 48 star flag of silk with an 18.5" x 24.5" blue field and 2.5" wide white and red stripes. The flag is attached to a wooden pole of two pieces, on the top of which is an arrow pointing straight up of metal coated in gold paint. A tag on the flag at the pole area states "SUPERIOR SILK / DETTRA FLAG PRODUCT / MADE IN U.S.A..."

Flag. United States. Machine stitched with red and white cotton thread. Plain weave ribbed silk taffeta. Canton with a blue field resting on a white stripe measures 18" x 26.50" with 48 machine embroidered 1.50" five pointed stars. Main field of thirteen 2.5" wide stripes, six white, seven red stripes, flat felled seamed 0.125". Hoist end has a 2.50" self facing header with two 2.25" leather tabs with a puncture in the center, one secured to each end. Fly end hemmed 0.30" with two parallel lines of stitching. The flag was attached to a wooden pole of two pieces, on the top of which is an arrow pointing straight up of metal coated in gold paint. A 0.75" x 1.75" jacquard woven label of red text on a navy ground stitched to the top of the flag header "SUPERIOR SILK / DETTRA FLAG PRODUCT / MADE IN U.S.A."

Material:

Textile

Metal
Silk
Wood
Leather
Cotton

Dimensions:

W-34 L-50 inches

Provenance:

Possibly used for display in the auditorium of the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Flags, Banners, Stars, Stripes, Silk, Embroidery