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Luce Center
flag: 1776-1878
Title
flag: 1776-1878
Object name
Flag
Date
1876
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 28 5/8 x 46 1/4 in. ( 72.7 x 117.5 cm )
Description
Lithographed cotton Centennial U.S. flag with "1776/ 1876" indicated by seventy-six (thiry-eight each) white stars in a blue canton; thirteen red and white stripes; white cotton hoist with three cotton ties at the ends and in the center.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1937.318
Marks
printed: in the canton: "1776/ 1876"
Gallery Label
This flag was made for the Centennial celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1876. Both the "1776" and "1876" are made of 38 stars, the number officially valid for U.S. flags at the time of the celebration.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
