A KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION WEST WING FLAG FROM THE ESTATE OF DAVE POWERS. Machine-stitched rayon U...

A KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION WEST WING FLAG FROM THE ESTATE OF DAVE POWERS. Machine-stitched rayon U.S. Flag with 50 applique stars in 6-5-6-5-6-5-6 pattern and 13 stripes, with gold fringe at three edges, manufactured by Valley Forge Flag Co., Inc., with label to interior hoist marked 'QM (CTM) 4352.0.1.1823-E-59 / 26 June 1959.' H: 52 in; W: 66 in. Provenance: Made by Valley Forge Flag Company, 1959 (label); distributed to Dave Powers, Special Presidential Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, later Museum Curator of the John F. Kennedy Museum & Library David Powers, until passing in 1998; by descent in the Powers family until 2013; by family via John McInnis Auctions, Amesbury, MA, LOT 219, to the Zaricor Flag Collection, 2013. In the Cecil Stoughton photograph of Dave Powers at his desk in the White House (lot 69), this flag appears at the left side of the image, across from the Presidential flag and to the left of the Presidential seal. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing