Flag

Object Name:

Flag

Object ID:

1996.004.02

Place of Origin:

United States

Date:

1880

Description:

Flag, for hand waving. Used in 1880 presidential campaign of Winfield Scott Hancock and William Hayden English. Flag, 11.75" x 20.25", of glazed plain-woven cotton. One side has block-printed pattern of a 6.25" x 6.75" canton resting on a white stripe with a blue field and 36 five-pointed 0.25" white stars, 13 horizontal stripes, seven 0.75" red, six 1.0". White text,1.5" high, "HANCOCK AND ENGLISH" printed vertically in red on the fly end. Two raw edges on top and fly end. One selvedge on the 7th red stripe. Hoist fed through a slit in a wooden dowel, 32.25" long x 0.25" diameter, with three nails hammered into the dowel.

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Wood
Metal

Dimensions:

W-20 L-32 inches

Provenance:

Probably originally belonged to Charles Eastman Staniels (1844-1908), an ancestor of Anne Colby Zachos of Concord, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Kimon S. and Anne C. Zachos

People:

Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886), English, William Hayden (1822-1896), Staniels, Charles Eastman (1844-1932)

Subjects:

Elections, Electioneering, Presidential elections, Flags, Banners, Cotton, Wood, Metals, Stars, Stripes, Dowel