Collection Highlights
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag: Cambridge Flag
Object Number:
INV.12269e
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 4 x 6 in. ( 10.2 x 15.2 cm )
flagstaff: 11 x 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk printed U.S. flag with a Union Jack in the canton and thirteen red and white stripes; nailed to a black wood flagstaff with a gold painted finial.
Gallery Label:
The first striped flag was raised at George Washington's Headquaters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 2, 1776. It was called the "Cambridge Flag," and known in England as the "Rebellious Stripes."
Credit Line:
Charles M. Lefferts Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
