File:House flag, Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd, London RMG H2785.tiff
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English: House flag, Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd, London The house flag of the Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd, London. The flag is made of wool bunting, machine sewn with a linen hoist. A rope and wooden toggle is attached. The fly edge is torn and frayed at the corners. It was used by the cable ship 'Electra' 1885. A rectangular flag, with a modern Union Flag in the canton. The field is divided horizontally into nine stripes, five red, four white. The blue letters 'E.T.C.' are applied to the lower half of the flag.
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circa 1911 date QS:P571,+1911-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Dimensions | flag: 1244.6 x 1752.6 mm |
Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/1032 |
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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Identifier InfoField | THBN: 59 dossier number: item-house flags id number: AAA1032 |
Collection InfoField | Flags |
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