File:1885 History of US flags med.jpg

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Description 1885 illustration from high school textbook, "A Brief History of the United States" (A.S. Barnes & Company, New York and Chicago). Shows the "Appeal to Heaven" pine tree flag and Gadsden flag at the top, the "Grand Union" flag and a 45-star version of the United States flag (used 1896-1908) in the center, and two versions of the New England flag (one with an incorrect globe taken from an old erroneous flag chart) at the bottom.
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Source Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Original uploader was Dbnull at en.wikipedia
(See scan of book, pgs. 138-139: https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofun00asbaiala/page/n159/mode/2up)
(See also: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1885-framed-document-growth-national-127335163)
Author unknown 1885 High School text book artist
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