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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Needlework American Flag
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Needlework American Flag

Object numberMO 1941.11.24
Name Flag
Maker
Dateca. 1933-1941
MediumTextile (cotton)
Dimensionsoverall H 27 in x W 45 in (68.6 cm x 114.3 cm )
DescriptionA handmade 48-star American flag. The flag is made up entirely of small red, white, and blue rickrack trim rosettes with yellow centers, all sewn together to form the canton, stars, and field of the flag.
Label TextThis needlework flag was given to Franklin Roosevelt by the maker, Julia Daisy Danilas of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated as a bequest of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGift Items and Commemorative Artifacts (National Archives Identifier 782690)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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