Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag
Object Number:
2045
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 56 x 67 in. ( 142.2 x 170.2 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: on banner in eagle's beak: "E PLURIBUS/ UNUM"
embroidered: below eagle: "26TH REGIMENT U.S. INFANTRY"
Description:
Blue silk U.S. Infantry Regimental flag with the seal of the U.S. embroidered in the center, an American bald eagle with a U.S. shield at its breast, a banner inscribed "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in its beak, and arrows and a laurel branch in its talons; below the eagle is a banner inscribed "26TH REGIMENT U.S. INFANTRY"; above the eagle is a rising sun with thirteen gold stars in two arches; gold silk fringe trim around the three edges of the fly.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
