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Description: | Wool bunting, hand-sewn pennant combining the Union Flag and USA stars. 'ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH' in red on the white fly. An identical flag was flown by the US Frigate 'Niagara' on a telegraph cable laying voyage from Ireland to Newfoundland 1857-1858 (this example in the Smithsonian Institution).
-It will need to be checked for object numbers and its condition activity updated.
-Two ropes and toggle attached.
-RP/34/5a does not contain unique number or scale, this negative was missing during the 2013 upload. (CGOOD 18/11/2013) | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | pennants | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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