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Lot 187
Sale 5190 - Collect: Americana
Sep 21, 2023
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Live / Philadelphia
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Lot Description
A 48-Star American National Flag flown at UC Berkeley during speech by President John F. Kennedy dated March 23, 1962
With a printed cotton canton, the machine-sewn cotton stripes are paint-inscribed in Japanese and Kangi calligraphy welcoming the President, "At Berkeley/U.C.BK/ 1962 3-23th," and requests that he remember "S.F. Calif./ U.S./ No. 8393630."
33 in. x 54 in.Provenance
Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn,MD
President Kennedy's speech at UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium on the importance of education was met with large crowds of anti-war and anti-nuclear protesters.