Ambassador’s flag owned by Ambassador William Beverly Carter, Jr.
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1975
name: label: Issued by
content: United States Department of State, American, founded 1789
label: Subject of
content: William Beverly Carter Jr., American, 1921 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: United States Department of State Foreign Service Ambassador's flag owned by Ambassador William Beverly Carter, Jr. The flag is dominated by the Great Seal of the United States, centrally set against a navy blue field. The Great Seal of the United States is framed within a white, circular swath of fabric encircled by thirteen (13), white, five-pointed stars. The embroidered seal depicts a bald eagle with its wings displayed, holding a bundle of thirteen (13) arrows in its left talon and an olive branch in its right talon. In its beak, the eagle clutches a scrolled banner with the motto [E PLURIBUS] and [UNUM]. Over the eagle’s head there is ring of circular clouds surrounding a gold starburst. At the center of the cloud ring and gold starburst is a blue patch with a cluster of thirteen (13), white, five-pointed stars. A shield with a blue chief and a red and white striped escutcheon covers the eagle's breast. The front and back of the flag are identical. The flag is embellished with gold fringe on top, bottom and fly edge of the flag. Two (2) gold tassels attached to gold cords, hang from the top of the hoist edge.
place: label: Place used
content: Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Archive of Ambassador W. Beverly Carter
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Ambassador William Beverly Carter, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2019.45.1.1
objectType: label: Type
content: flags
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: thread on silk (textile)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 38 3/16 × 69 3/8 in. (97 × 176.2 cm)