Woven picture of a seated Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag was made for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition or as it was commonly known, the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904. Betsy Ross sits with the flag on the front porch of a clapboard house with a spinning wheel and cat. Scene was originally flanked by the 1905 calendar: first half of the year on the left and the second half on the right. Both have been cut away.
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Made by Anderson Brothers Silk Company (Paterson, NJ, USA)</div>
1904<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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