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Flag

Object number2013.81.1

Date1876

MediumCotton

Credit LineGift of Malcolm Scott Love

DescriptionRed, white, and blue 38-star American flag. Handmade. Five sewn eyelets on hoist. Handwriting in black ink on reverse side of hoist. Rope through fly edge.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 109 × 276 in. (276.9 × 701 cm)
InscriptionsHandwriting in black ink on reverse side of hoist "Made for / Cyrus Howard / 1876"; "Made By Smith Sisters / Original stars were painted in Loaned to church"; "...DAMAGED ORIGINAL STARS"; "9x14".
Historical Notes38-star flag made in 1876 after Colorado was made the 38th state on August 1, 1876. The flag was passed down in the family and they assume it was made to fly in front of the general store owned by the donor's great grandfather Cyrus Howard. Cyrus and his wife Sarah James Victoria Ross Howard ran a general store in the front part of their house in Mt. Pleasant, PA on the corner of Howard and South Diamond Street. According to writing on the flag it was made by the Smith sisters, but the donor does not know anything about the sisters. According to writing on the flag the stars were originally painted, but were damaged after being loaned to a church and replaced by cloth stars.

Previous owner Cyrus Howard

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