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Unidentified Osage Warrior Wearing Bird Headdress
1807
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Decorative Arts
Flag: 34 Star American Flag
Title
Flag: 34 Star American Flag
Object name
Flag
Date
1865
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 25 1/4 x 34 in. ( 64.1 x 86.4 cm )
Description
Silk lithographed U.S. flag with thirty-four stars in the blue canton; thirteen red and white stripes.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William L. Hannam
Object Number
1961.33
Gallery Label
This flag is one of many that hung on Abraham Lincoln's funeral bier. The donor's uncle, Z. M. Hewitt, along with J. T. Stewart, conducted and arranged for the laying in State of the President at City Hall, New York City. The family owned two more of these flags. They were donated to a church in Albany and the Allegheny County Schools in Cumberland, MD.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
