A RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL AUTOMOBILE FLAG. Color printed nylon with applied gold and white fr...

A RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL AUTOMOBILE FLAG. Color printed nylon with applied gold and white fringe, featuring the Great Seal of the President against a blue background. H: 12 in; W: 18 in Provenance: manufactured by Annin & Co., 1981-89; acquired by Harold Lubick as part of his Collection of United States Command Authority Flags; sold privately to the Zaricor Flag Collection. President Reagan traveled extensively during his administration and made wide use of automobile flags, which, during the 1980s, were reduced in size from the original 18 x 26 inches to a more modest 12 x 18 inches, as with this example. Annin & Co. made many of these flags for the administration by screen-dying the fabric based on artwork and paintings supplied by the U.S. Institute of Heraldry. Automobile flags were supplied in both double-faced and single-faced versions. The double-faced version featured two flags sewn back-to-back so as to read correctly from both sides while the single faced flags, like this one, were the more traditional single thickness throughout. Surviving examples of these flags reveal that they were supplied in both fringed and unfringed versions. Presidential automobile car flags have been used since the administration of President Woodrow Wilson who used them in France when he attended the Versailles Peace Conference. Flags can be considered both ceremonial flags (and hence fringed); or outdoor flags without fringe. Based upon surviving examples, both fringed and unfringed Presidential automobile flags were used throughout the administration of Ronald W. Reagan. This U.S. Presidential automobile flag was formerly part of the Presidential flag collection of the noted presidential scholar Dr. Harold Lubick. The Harold Lubick Collection of United States Command Authority Flags were assembled from a variety of sources over a thirty-year period of collecting. The collection attempts to present an example of each of the major types of regulation flags and colors displayed by all flag officers, civilian and military, utilized by the command authority of the United States. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing