48 Star US flag made by POW
date: label: date made
content: 1945
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Niigata, Niigata
label: Associated Place
content: Japan: Niigata
label: Associated Place
content: Japan: Niigata, Niigata
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: General Edward Baca
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0148.01
label: accession number
content: 2021.0148
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0148.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flag
label: Object Name
content: flag, 48 star US National
label: Object Name
content: flag, 48 star US national, POW made
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
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label: Physical Description
content: red stripes, made from wool blanket (overall; part: stripes material)
label: Physical Description
content: bamboo stick (overall; part: pole material)
label: Physical Description
content: handmade/machine (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: blue field, made from Filipino dungarees (overall; part: field of blue color; material)
label: Physical Description
content: zig zag machine stitching over the field of blue and sewing the 48 stars onto the flag (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 in x 36 in x 1 1/2 in; 104.14 cm x 91.44 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; part: flag: 26 in x 34 in x 1/8 in; 66.04 cm x 86.36 cm x .3175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; part: pole: 41 in x 1 1/4 in; 104.14 cm x 3.175 cm