Description: This United States flag with 34 stars in red white and blue was flown from 1861 through 1862. It is rectangular with dimensions of 110 by 200 cm. The fabric is silk. It was captured by the Confederates at Shiloh and returned to the State of Ohio and Deposited in the Museum by Adjutant General Frank D. Henderson. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65561_001
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; National Flag--United States; Flags--Ohio, Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: United States flag has 46 white stars on a blue canton along with seven red and six white stripes. The flag is made of wool and dates from 1908-1912. n 1869, the Grand Army of the Republic, a veterans' organization of Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War, established the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home in a rented building in Xenia, Ohio. In 1869, Xenia residents provided the GAR with one hundred acres of land to build a permanent facility. In 1870, the state of Ohio assumed control of the home. Originally, the institution provided homes for Ohio children who lost their fathers in the Civil War. Eventually, the state opened the home to orphans of all military conflicts and the children of all veterans, including ones who had not died on the battlefield. Children at the home received a traditional education, as well as training in various occupations. The boys also received some military training and several of them later joined the armed forces. In 1901, the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home was the largest institution of its kind in the world. In 1978, the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home became known as the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1997, the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home ceased operation. Mrs. Bell McCappin of Hillsboro, Ohio, donated this flag in 1953. The donor's sister, Miss Blanche McCappin, used the flag in school rooms at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home in Xenia, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65281_001
Subjects: National Flag--United States; Grand Army of the Republic; Flags--support; Veterans
 

Description: This United States flag has 35 painted gold stars on a blue field and thirteen stripes in red and white. The rectangular flag measures 54 by 65 and is made of silk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65544_001
Subjects: National Flag--United States; Civil War 1861-1865; Stars and Stripes; Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This color image shows a worker manufacturing a U.S. flag. Using a mallet and setting tool, the worker is inserting a grommet into the flag's binding. Only the person's arms and hands are clearly visible. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06965
Subjects: Flags--United States; Eyelets (Metal-work); Manufacturing processes; Tools
 

Description: This color images shows a group of women manufacturing U.S. flags in a factory. In the foreground a dark-haired woman wearing a blue uniform is sewing a stripe on the flag. She is using a black sewing machine and a large spool of red thread. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06966
Subjects: Flags--United States; Manufacturing processes; Sewing; Sewing machines; Tools
 

Description: This is a US Flag from 1950 with 48 Stars. The shape is rectangular and the dimensions are 100 by 160. It was made of rayon. The colors are red, white and blue. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65452_001
Subjects: National Flag--United States; Ceremonial artifact; Flags--support
 

Description: This US Flag has 46 white stars and thirteen stripes in red and white. It is rectangular in shape and measures 80 by 112 cm. It is made of silk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65563_001
Subjects: National Flag--United States; Stars and Stripes; Flags--support; Ceremonial artifact
 

Description: This US flag with 44 stars was flown from 1891 when Wyoming entered the Union until 1896 when Utah became a state. It has thirteen red and white stripes signifying the thirteen original colonies. The 44 stars on the field of blue represents the states for that time period. There is gold fringe on three sides of the flag. It measures 175 by 180 cm and is made of wool. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65052_001
Subjects: National Flag--United States; Stars and Stripes; Flags--support
 

Description: This image shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women producing Ohio and American flags as part of their vocational training. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution which opened on September 1, 1916, as the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B03_00189_009
Subjects: Ohio Reformatory for Women; Correctional institutions -- Ohio; Prisoners; Flags -- Ohio; Flags--United States;
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women producing Ohio and American flags as part of their vocational training. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution which opened on September 1, 1916, as the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B03_00189_003
Subjects: Ohio Reformatory for Women; Correctional institutions -- Ohio; Prisoners; Flags -- Ohio; Flags--United States;
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women producing Ohio and American flags as part of their vocational training. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution which opened on September 1, 1916, as the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B03_00189_012
Subjects: Ohio Reformatory for Women; Correctional institutions -- Ohio; Prisoners; Flags -- Ohio; Flags--United States;
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women producing Ohio and American flags as part of their vocational training. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution which opened on September 1, 1916, as the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B03_00189_018
Subjects: Ohio Reformatory for Women; Correctional institutions -- Ohio; Prisoners; Flags -- Ohio; Flags--United States;
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)