2010.54.6191

• adolescent

Poster has a blue background with white clouds at the bottom. Border of poster has a blue band with white stars, except at top center. Left, right, and bottom edges of poster have small drawings of various iterations of the American flag, each flag is pictured on a pole with a gold tassels. Each small drawing is labeled with a black text in a small tan banner below the drawing. The flags are labeled (counter clockwise from top-left): "1775- First national flag", "1776- Battle of Bennington military flag", "1777- Used widely during / Bicentennial celebration", "1777- Most popular flag / of the original 13 states", "1795- 15 stars and 15 / stripes for 15 states", "1818- 13 stripes and 20 / stars for 20 states", "1818- The great star flag", "1861- Civil War flag, 34 / stars included the South", "1912- 48 Star flag, longest / term as national flag", and "Present- 50 stars and / 13 stripes, since 1960". The center of the poster has a large drawing of the American flag with 50 stars and 13 stripes. The top edge center has text in black: "History of the / United States Flag". The front of the poster is laminated. Verso is un-laminated and printed with facts and information about the American flag.