Object Details
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1945
- Credit Line
- General Edward Baca
- Physical Description
- white stripes, made from bed sheets (overall; part: stripes color; material)
- red stripes, made from wool blanket (overall; part: stripes material)
- bamboo stick (overall; part: pole material)
- handmade/machine (overall style)
- blue field, made from Filipino dungarees (overall; part: field of blue color; material)
- zig zag machine stitching over the field of blue and sewing the 48 stars onto the flag (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 41 in x 36 in x 1 1/2 in; 104.14 cm x 91.44 cm x 3.81 cm
- overall; part: flag: 26 in x 34 in x 1/8 in; 66.04 cm x 86.36 cm x .3175 cm
- overall; part: pole: 41 in x 1 1/4 in; 104.14 cm x 3.175 cm
- Object Name
- flag
- flag, 48 star US National
- flag, 48 star US national, POW made
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