Name/Title
"Long May She Wave" PostcardsEntry/Object ID
D.2023.077Scope and Content
"Long May She Wave"
Stars and stripes collectible postcards. Photographs.
Box has a flag that is sideways with title on the front on a gold square with white print for the title and black print below.
Online promotional description of collection: Designed and curated by the legendary designer Kit Hinrichs [biography under Notes & Legal], these 100 postcards (50 images, repeating once) showcase the American flag as both a piece of art and a cultural object. From Civil War-era banners to American flag-decorated Native American moccasins to art and ephemera from all aspects of American culture, the flag images in this collection will surprise and delight history buffs and folk art aficionados alike.
Not all designs are in the museum collection of 37 postcards.
1. Flag created from stamps.
2. Salesmans sample of the new 48-star pattern. c.1912
3. Centennial flag marking the nations 100th anniversary, 1876.
4. Hand-sewn Civil War- period flag with 34 eight-pointed starts, c1861 (2 copies)
5. A double-wreath flag, created 1876 - centennnial celebration in Philadelphia.
6. Allies Flag display the flags of France, England and the U.S. - the victories of WWI.
7. Buy War Bonds flag emblazoned with 'Remember Pearl Harbor' a rallying cry during WWII. (2 copies)
8. Stars and Stripes cotton quilt, sewn by W.A. Brant in Ohio, circa 1891.
9. A 46-star Victorian crazy quilt flag made out of cotton, silk, velvet and wool cloth.
10. "The Development of Old Glory," a souvenier item made for American sailors stationed in China in the early 20th century.
11. "Living Flag," formed from 10,000 cadets at the Great Lakes Naval Academy, composed and photographed by Mole and Thomas in 1917.
21,000 servicemen took part in creating Mole's "Living Portrait of President Woodrow Wilson" at Camp Sherman in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1918. It's his best known work. https://www.illuminateourworld.org/single-post/2018/08/29/The-Incredible-Living-Photographs-of-Arthur-Mole-and-John-Thomas
*additional information with Notes & Legal
12. Patriotic-themed wooden domino tiles from the late 19th century.
13. The chocolate mold of WWI doughboy.
14. Post WWI painted metal flag-bearer toy soldier.
15. Fully bearded ceremonial bandolier pouch created in the late 19th century by a Winnebago Native American.
16. WWII patriotic-themed playing cards, featuring Hitler and Mussolini as jokers in the pack.
17. Wood and paper "Red Star Line" promotional fan, circa 1900. (2 copies)
18. Souvenier flag fan at state and county fairs in the early years of the 20th century.
19. Flag-and-shield candy boxes made from paper and printed cloth.
20. Assemblage of folding fans, postcards, ribbons, and historic flags designed by Kit Hinrichs, c1980. Has US stamp Red Knot 2015.
21. Patriotic imagery was a common theme used by the tobacco industry, as on threse cigar bands.
22. Two American icons - a ceramic Mickey Mouse with the Stars and Stripes - circa 1930. (2 copies)
23. Illuminated shield from an early 20th-century presidential campaign.
24. Glass whiskey flask with chromolithograph of Admiral George Dewey, balk eagle and American flags.
25. Clay poker chips, emblazoned with the flag, popular in the late 1800s.
26. Commemorative spoons of silver, gold, and enamel, featuring patriotic themes, popular during the 19th and 20th centuries.
27. "Old Glory," commonly emblazoned on countless American products until a code of flag etiquette ended the practice in 1923.
28. Lady Liberty draped in a bolt of American-flag fabric, circa 1915.
29. Political campaign buttons, printed on celluloid and tin, from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
30. Photographic portrait of WWI sailor, circa 1917.
31. A WWI Liberty Loan poster, painted by J.C. Levendecker in 1917. (2 copies)
32. Fourth of July postcard of Uncle Sam, embossed and airbrushed.Relationships
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Hinrichs, Kit - Graphic DesignerPerson or Organization
Thomas, John - PhotographerPerson or Organization
Mole, Arthur - PhotographerPerson or Organization
Leyendecker, Joseph Christian - Illustrator
