U.S. 43 Star Flag - Idaho Statehood.

43 Star U.S. Flag representing the Admission of Idaho as the 43rd State to the Union.
United States flags with 43 stars are quite rare due to the fact that they were only official for one year period, and as the star count was only current for one week in 1890. The 43 Star U.S. Flag became the Official U.S Flag on July 4th, 1890. Under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, five stars were added to the then current U.S. 38 Star Flag. These stars represented the admission to the Union of North and South Dakota as the 39th and 40th states respectively on November 2, Montana as the 41st state on November 8, Washington as the 42nd state on November 11, and lastly Idaho as the 43rd state on July 3 of the same year and was to last for a period of just 1 year.

This multi-piece wool sewn construction example with sewn on stars and no grommets measures about 6 x 11.5 FT. It has an 8-7-7-7-7(4-3)-7 pattern with an unusual and unexplained gap in the fifth row. Written in pencil on hoist border is "F.W. LINHOF Or LENHOF". The header has finishing typical on nautical flags. There are a few small holes in the body of the flag and a few small repairs, otherwise in good condition.

Presumably, this flag was among a collection of flags part of the Tumbling Waters Museum of Flages (TWMF) in Prattville, Alabama, which sold out the collection in the early 1980s to the Heritage Society of Texas due to financial strain in maintaining the museum in operation.