Two Lincoln Inaugural Paper Lanterns and Two Parade Flags

Description:

Two Lincoln Inaugural Paper Lanterns and Two Parade Flags, c. 1860s, a paper lantern with patriotic motifs which reads UNION, a paper lantern with red, white, and blue stripes, a framed parade flag printed on white polished cotton with twenty-five stars in a circle, and four more on each corner of the canton, and a parade flag printed on polished cotton.

Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter F. Frazier and M. Prudence Fleck.
Estimate $200-400

Paper lanterns are in good condition with a few small tears at folds, flags are in good condition.


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