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Pencil-style sketch of a wooden house with shuttered windows and a porch among trees, with handwritten caption beneath.

The Service Flag: Three From This House in the War

A loose charcoal-like sketch of a two-story wooden house with a steep roof, shuttered windows and a small front porch, set among dense foliage and rough grass. Handwritten pencil lettering along the bottom reads "Three from this house in the war" with the date 1918 and the words "Service Flag."

Artist
Childe Hassam
Date
July 21, 1918
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2479 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1918).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: La bandera de servicio: Tres de esta casa en la guerra

Un boceto suelto, de aspecto carbonoso, de una casa de madera de dos pisos con techo inclinado, ventanas con postigos y un pequeño porche delantero, rodeada de follaje denso y hierba áspera. En la parte inferior aparece una leyenda manuscrita a lápiz con la fecha de 1918 y las palabras "Service Flag".

Português: A bandeira de serviço: Três desta casa na guerra

Um esboço solto, com aspecto de carvão, de uma casa de madeira de dois andares com telhado íngreme, janelas com persianas e um pequeno alpendre na frente, cercada por folhagem densa e grama áspera. Na parte inferior, uma legenda manuscrita a lápis traz a data de 1918 e as palavras "Service Flag".