Flag Factory

 

1913 workers in a flag factory cutting, stitching, and assembling large banners by hand. Finished and half-completed flags are spread across the floor and draped over tables, including American designs and others made for foreign governments. Shops like this supplied the flags seen at parades, public buildings, and civic events across the country. It’s a straightforward look at the craft and labor behind the symbols that filled American streets in the early twentieth century.