Early 1900s Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

FULL, WRAP-AROUND, SILK SUFFRAGETTE SASH IN GREEN, WHITE, & VIOLET, WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, DESIGNED BY SYLVIA PANKHURST FOR THE WOMEN’S SOCIAL & POLITICAL UNION (U.K.), LIKELY ...

Presented is a bald eagle patriotic printed paddle fan from 1908. This fan is attached to its original wooden stick and printed and cut in the shape of a bald eagle’s head, continuin...

Presented is a vintage William H. Taft and James S. Sherman presidential campaign glass paperweight from 1908. The clear glass paperweight has a flower form, with a printed and ename...

13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS; A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE, MADE circa 1895-1926 This 13 star antique American flag is of a type made during the last decade of the 19th century through the beginning of the 20th. The stars are arranged in a medallion configuration that features a single center star, surrounded by a wreath of stars, with a flanking star in each corner of the canton. The canton and stripes of the flag are made of wool bunting that has been pieced with machine stitching. The stars are made of cotton and double-appliquéd (applied to both sides of the flag) with a zigzag machine stitch. There is a twill cotton binding along the hoist with 2 white metal grommets. Along this are two black-inked stencils or stamps that read “Standard.” and “2 x 3,” to indicate in feet. Standard is a name brand of the maker and would have designated the grade of wool bunting, the type of binding, and other factors of the flag’s construction. Why 13 Stars? As the number of stars grew with the addition of new states, it became more and more difficult to fit their full complement on a small flag. The stars would, by necessity, have to become smaller, which made it more and more difficult to view them from a distance as individual objects. The fear was that too many stars would become one white mass and distort the ability to identify American ships on the open seas. The U.S. Navy used 13 stars on its small-scale flags for precisely this reason. This was, of course, the original number of stars on the first American national flag, by way of the First Flag Act of 1777, and equal to the number of original colonies that became states. For all practical purposes, commercial flag-makers simply didn't produce flags with pieced-and-sewn construction that were 3 to 4 feet in length before the 1890's. There are exceptions to this rule, but until this time, the smallest sewn flags were typically 6 feet on the fly. The primary use had long been more utilitarian than decorative, and flags needed to be large to be effective as signals. Private use grew with the passage of time, however, which led to the need for long-term use flags...

This 45-star United States flag celebrates the statehood of Utah. 45-star flags served as the official American flag from 1896-1908. This particular flag was flown as a parade flag, ...

Presented is a very large and rare 13-star Naval Ensign, dating to 1907. The navy blue canton has 13 double-appliqued white cotton stars arranged in a 3-2-3-2-3 configuration. The de...

Presented is a printed Union Jack parade flag. The flag dates to the turn of the century, from 1897- 1910. The flag is printed on cotton and is hemmed at top and bottom with white ma...

Large very detailed banner from the Elks Lodge hangs on a long brass rod with fringe and tassels.The I.B.P.O. stands for the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the W...

Antique American 46 Star flag, circa 1908, celebrating the admission of Indian Territory as the state of Oklahoma. An official flag of the United States f...

Napoleon Bonaparte circular plaque Circa 1900 Origin France Ormolu Illegible signature perfect condition.

Boldly Graphic And Colorful Teddy Roosevelt Textile, With His Portrait In A Large Heart And Rough Riders Above, Made To Celebrate His Receipt Of The Nobel Prize For Peace In 1906 In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt brokered a treaty between Japan and Russia to end the Russo-Japanese War, which centered on control of Korea and Manchuria. The reason ongoing struggle for of the territory was its great importance to China and Russia as a warm water port on the pacific coast. Japan had a fledgling navy, but it was steadily gaining power and, in 1903, to the great embarrassment of the proud and confident, Qing Dynasty, China was defeated by a superior Japanese force. The horrors resulting from this war led to Chinese revolution. War between Japan and China was followed by conflict with Russia over roughly the same lands. In 1904, Russia was amazed when Japan attacked before it was able to launch its own offensive operations. Russian naval and ground forces fared little better than the Chinese in this affair, and were overcome in the face of a growing Japanese empire. The Russian people, dissatisfied with Tsar Nicholas II, began their own revolution. In 1905, with American intervention, the war ended. Roosevelt mediated a treaty between the two countries, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on September 5th of that year. He received a Nobel Peace Prize for his actions in 1906. This rare and brilliant, kelly green textile glorifies Roosevelt’s role, as well as his history with the Rough Riders, depicted along the top register. They act as a crest for the heart-shaped medallion that holds a beautiful image of the president, as nice as any that exist across American political cloth. Around the heart are the famous words uttered by Henry Lee...

An interesting and unusual Austrian enamel mug commemorating The World's Fair in St Louis in 1904. The mug was made in Austria for Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co, St Louis and has portraits of Napoleon and Jefferson set either side of a scene titled Eads Bridge...