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Thirteen-Star Flags: Keys to Identification (1973)
| Venue: | SMITHSONIAN STUDIES IN HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY |
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@MISC{Cooper73thirteen-starflags:,
author = {Grace Rogers Cooper},
title = {Thirteen-Star Flags: Keys to Identification},
year = {1973}
}
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Abstract
Thirteen-star flags are not rare. Although these flags were the official banner only from 1777 to 1795, they continued to be made throughout the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. They were used by the navy and, on occasion, by the military regiments as well as by patriotic Americans for early commemorative celebrations and as centennial souvenirs. The natural changes that occurred in the manufactured components and the methods of making the flags offer important keys to their dating. The Author: Grace Rogers Cooper is the curator of textiles in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of History and Technology
