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Title	Connecticut State Flag
Subject	ceremonial artifact communication artifact textile---cotton State Flags ---Connecticut Colonial America
Time Period	1890s 1950s 1960s
Place	Connecticut, United States
Description	This cotton Connecticut state flag is a blue field bearing a white gold-trimmed scroll which reads "Qui Transtulit Sustinet" or He who transplanted still sustains. Above is a Baroque shield displaying three grape vines, each bearing three bunches and four leaves. The shield was associated with the Saybrook Colony which Connecticut purchased in 1644. (Across the Long Island Bay from Eastern Long Island, New York) The current design was made official in 1897. Maker's mark indicates it was manufactured by The Valley Forge Flag Factory located at the corner of Yost Avenue and Main Street in Spring City, Pennsylvania. Artifact acquired between 1950 and 1970.
Source	H65506
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction
Type	StillImage
File Name	index.cpd
Image Height	Not Available
Image Width	Not Available
Format	picture; historical object; flag
Extent	125 x 185 cm

Title	H65506_001
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction
Type	StillImage
File Name	H65506_001.tif
Image Height	2192
Image Width	1436
File Size	799.8 KB
Format	picture

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