[Flag making - man cutting out stars with machine] – Antique Print
![[Flag making - man cutting out stars with machine], [190-] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0c/0c78b05c9558-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Flag making - man cutting out stars with machine], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Flag making - man cutting out stars with machine]
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A man works a cutting machine to punch out stars from cloth, the kind of step that let flagmakers turn out large numbers of flags more quickly than hand cutting allowed. The image is dated only to the 1900s, and its title and details come from an old caption card that has not been independently verified. It belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news and feature photographs made largely in New York in the early twentieth century. Pictures like this one, showing everyday manufacturing, record how patriotic goods were made in a period of rapid industrial growth.
| Created / published | [190-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,174 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-123252 |
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