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Lot 395
Sale 6319 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography
May 1, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,200 -
2,000
Lot Description
[FLAGS]. 42-star American flag. Ca 1889-1890.
15 1/2 x 24 in. printed cotton flag, 42 stars arranged in vertical rows 7/7/7/7/7/7. Framed, 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.
The 42-star flag was never official. Five stars were added on 4 July 1890: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington (42nd state Nov. 1889) and the 43rd Idaho (3 July 1890). Very likely many of these were made to celebrate Washington's statehood, not knowing that Idaho would be admitted at the last minute.
Provenance: Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.