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memorial flags
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- unknown
- Origin Date:
- Unknown
- Materials:
- cloth
- Measurements:
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.082.0052
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Textiles
Description
Two silk US flags that measure 1.50 x 1". Both flags are adhered to a newsprint piece of paper and that paper is adhered to a browned piece of torn paper. The newsprint paper has a handwritten note that reads, "This little flag I had pined on my apron with an Eagle pin at school in Albany, N.Y. when Abraham Lincolns body passed thro the City- "AlbanyFemale Academy" Pearl Street- (The other little (flag) I wore when he was elected Pres. of the U. States." One flag has 13 stars and 13 stripes. The other flag has 13 stars and 9 stripes. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
