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Exhibition Copy	Moraga Room Flag Label - 2003 (ZFC0605) Thirteen-Star, United States Flag Date: About 1876-1893 Media: Wool bunting with cotton stars; machine sewn with hand sewed stars Comment: As the canton of this flag demonstrates, the manner of arranging thirteen stars in the blue field is subject to a variety of interpretations. Why the makers of this flag placed three stars within the ring of ten defies interpretation. The flag is definitely of commercial manufacture, as the 5 x 8 marking on the cotton canvas heading refers to manufacturer's standard size measurements, 60" hoist by 96" fly, to which sizes this flag conforms. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0605) in 2002 from the Mastai Flag Collection of New York City through auction at Sotheby's. Special Memorial Day Display Suspended from ceiling of Moraga Room. Presidio of San Francisco's Officers Club Memorial Day 2003 13-Star Centennial Commemorative United States Flag Date: About 1876 (in commemoration of the original 13 states forming the United States at the time of the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776) Comment: Although the 13-star United States flag technically was official only between 14 June 1777 and 1 May 1795, it has been in continuous use ever since in honor of the original 13 colonies. This particular flag, with its 13 stars in a circle of ten around a triangle formed by the other three, is thought to date from the centennial celebration of 1876. The triangular star arrangement within the circle of stars may refer to the unfinished pyramid on the reverse of the U.S. coat of arms or it may be a religious symbol for the Holy Trinity. (ZFC0605) Chicago Meeting December, 2003 (ZFC0605) 13-Star United States Flag Date: Circa 1870s Media: Wool bunting, cotton sheeting stars Comment: This thirteen star flag bears a unique canton. It is the only known example of a United States flag with ten stars in a circle and three in the center. The flag is machine stitched and is believed to date from the Centennial in 1876. Although the thirteen-star flag was official only from 1777 to 1795, it has been in continuous use in honor of the thirteen original colonies that created the Union. The symbolism of this particular canton has never been explained. It has been variously mentioned as a symbolic reference to the unfinished pyramid on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, or perhaps a religious reference to the Holy Trinity. One jocular wag offered that it might have been the first Peace Symbol because the star pattern resembles the nuclear disarmament symbol crafted by Bertrand Russell in the 1950s. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0605) from the Mastai Collection in October 2002. Baltimore Star Spangled Banner Flag House 3/2004 (ZFC0605) 13-Star United States Flag Date: (1777-1795 officially); actual usage, 18601876 Media: Wool bunting field and canton with cotton stars, all machine sewn. Size: 57" on the hoist by 92" on the fly (5' by 8') Comment: Although technically official between June 1777 and May 1795, in reality the 13-star United States flag has seen continual service in the United States from 1777 to the present. The maker of this mid-century 13-star flag arranged ten stars in a circle around three others set in a triangle. If the arrangement had any special significance, it has been lost to time. The stripes and the canton of this flag are machine sewn, dating the flag to no earlier than 18501860, during which decade the sales of the treadle powered sewing machine proliferated. This flag may have been made for the 1876 centennial. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 2003 through auction at Sotheby's of New York, New York. Presidential Debate Washington University at St. Louis October, 2004 (ZFC0605) 13-Star United States Flag Commemorative Centennial Flag (1876) Although technically official between June 1777 and May 1795, the 13-star United States flag has seen continual service in the United States from 1777 to the present. The maker of this mid-century 13-star flag arranged ten stars in a circle around three others set in a triangle. If the arrangement had any special significance, it has been lost to time. The stripes and the canton of this flag are machine-sewn, dating the flag to no earlier than 18501860. During this decade sales of the treadle powered sewing machine proliferated. This flag may have been made for the 1876 centennial. (ZFC0605) Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0605) in 2002 from the Mastai Flag Collection of New York City through auction at Sotheby's.
Exhibition Images	Washington University 2004 Presidential Debate Poster

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