American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography

51 1/4 x 71 1/2 in. flag with 13 hand-sewn cotton stars arranged in concave and convex arcs of 5 stars each enclosing a single larger centered star flanked by two stars on a two-part wool bunting canton, 9 of the stars are single appliqued. With 13 hand-sewn bunting stripes. Cotton header with three brass grommets, inscribed, "S.A. Cooper" in graphite and "Hopping/59 West Front St./ Redbank, NJ" in ink, mounted.

Provenance:
Sarah Elizabeth Applegate married George Fenwick Cooper (1827-1904) in 1852. Cooper was a prosperous landowner, director of the Bank of Red Bank, and held a number of positions in local government. Their daughter Eleanor, known as Ella (1854-1914) married Edward John Hopping (1853-1888) in 1876. After the early death of her husband, Ella moved with her two children to live with her parents in their large Red Bank home. The flag was likely inherited by Ella who lived the last ten years of her life on West Front Street in Red Bank;
Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.