Obverse
Obverse

Obverse

Center Detail

Center Detail

Obverse - 2

Obverse - 2

Reverse

Reverse

Reverse detail

Reverse detail

Mastai Stamp

Mastai Stamp

Obverse - 3

Obverse - 3

Reverse Detail

Reverse Detail

ZFC0701

"The Banner That Stood For Civilization"

Sub-collection: Mastai - Early American Flags

"The Banners That Stood For Civilization at the Dawn of the 20th Century".
This cotton textile is a patriotic banner from 1900 entitled, "The Banners that Stood for Civilization at the Damn of the 20th Century". The banner commemorates the Eight Nation Alliance, an alliance of Western nations which defended the foreign legations in Peking during the siege of the city by the Chinese Boxers in 1900. There are a number of other events depicted on the textile, including the Canadian participation in the Boer War and the US suppression of the Philippine Insurrection. These scenes are flanked by the Stars and Stripes and the British Red Ensign which are surmounted by a cartouche of Edward VII.

The above events depicted on the banner were chosen because the print was intended for sale to imperialist and expansionist supporters in the Canada, the United States and Great Britain. The banner illustrates these nations as the bulwark of civilization against those forces opposing it in 1900 - the Chinese Boxers, the Afrikaners and the Insurrectos of in the Philippines, all of whom were fighting for the freedom of self-government. Banners such as this one were popular in the early 1900s as a way to both shore up public opinion about these overseas adventures and endorse official government decisions to involve these nations in foreign wars far from home.

This textile was formerly part of the Boleslaw Mastai Collection, and bears his stamp on the reverse.

Provenance:Acquired at auction from Early American, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, 2005, from consignor who acquired it by purchase from the Mastai Collection.

ZFC Significant Flag

Sources:



Eight-Nation Alliance, Wikipedia, 5 October 2011, from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-Nation_Alliance

Boxer Rebellion, Wikipedia, 5 October 2011, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion

Afrikaner, Wikipedia, 5 October 2011, from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaners

Philippine-American War, Wikipedia, 5 October 2011, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War

Image Credits:
Zaricor Flag Collection



Hoist & Fly

Width of Hoist 17.25
Length of Fly 17

Frame

Is it framed? no

Stars

Are there stars on obverse? no
Are there stars on reverse? no

Stripes

Has a Blood Stripe? no

Crest/Emblem

Description of Crest/Emblem Patriotic Textile

Fabric

Fabric Cotton

Applica

Applique Sides Single Faced = Mirror Image Reverse

Documentation

Documents
All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.
Drawings
All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.

Condition

Condition Good
Damage Used, soiled, cropped with some scotch tape rienforcememnt on the reverse.
Displayable yes

Date

Date 1900