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This 34 star flag was flown on West Lafayette Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, and again in 1865, when Lincoln's funeral train passed through the city. It was hand-stitched by Alice McClellan and Eleanor Miranda Dixon White, the donor's grandmother and great-grandmother.

Flag

Description

This 34 star flag was flown on West Lafayette Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, and again in 1865, when Lincoln's funeral train passed through the city. It was hand-stitched by Alice McClellan and Eleanor Miranda Dixon White, the donor's grandmother and great-grandmother.

Creator

Date

circa 1860

Contributor(s)

Contributor(s) Notes

Hand-stitched by a Eleanor Miranda Dixon White and Alice McClellan, a mother and her daughter living in Baltimore in 1860.

Materials

Linen

Object ID

2011.3.1

Accession Number

2011.3

Resource ID

3791

Credit Line

Gift of John W. Starrt Jr.

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.