Blue Star Mothers Flag (c.1917)
Title
Blue Star Mothers Flag (c.1917)
Year Conserved
2022
Holding Institution
Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council
Object Name/Description
$3,365 for the conservation of a Service flag, also called a Blue Star Mothers Flag (c.1917).
Designed and patented by WWI Army Captain Robert L. Queisser in 1917, the flag quickly became the unofficial symbol of a child in service. As they often hung outdoors, few survive.
Conservator: The Textile Conservation Workshop
Designed and patented by WWI Army Captain Robert L. Queisser in 1917, the flag quickly became the unofficial symbol of a child in service. As they often hung outdoors, few survive.
Conservator: The Textile Conservation Workshop
Conservator
Amount Funded
$3,365
Collection
Citation
“Blue Star Mothers Flag (c.1917),” Celebrating the NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant Program, accessed April 28, 2024, https://ctg20.omeka.net/items/show/1311.