13 Star U.S. Flag - Grand Luminary design, Revolutionary & Early Federal Period.This 13 Star Flag duplicates the star arrangement in the Glory of the 1782 Great Seal of the U.S. The 13 stars are arranged in a "grand luminary," a pre- cursor to the Great Star design.This flag is dated to between 1782 and 1790.
U.S. 34 Star Flag - Kansas Statehood, 1861.
This printed silk, with a linen sleeve is a 34-Star American National Flag Commemorating Kansas Statehood, January 29, 1861. Acquired from Sotheby's Auction in New York City on October 10, 2002.
U.S. 33 Star Flag - Oregon.
In this flag the canton extends through the top six stripes only, rather than the traditional seven. To explain the six-stripe canton depth, a hypothesis evolved that any flag made with the canton resting on a red stripe indicated its manufacture during a period of war.
U.S. 31 Stars Flag Commemorating California's Admission into the Union, September 9, 1850.
This period example 31 stars U.S. flag was made to indicate the admission of California as the 31st state and would remain accurate until the admission of Minnesota on May 11, 1858, a period of 7 years, 8 months and 2 days.