just as a comparison, economists have estimated that mary pickerskill's house probably cost $1500. so she was paid a third of the cost of her house for making one flag. george arm istead was at fort hk henry. it had previously been under the command of sam smith. so when george armisad came to the fort he wanted a very large flag made for the fort. what you see below his portrait is a punch bowl set, in the shape of one of those 13-inch bombs, and it has a dedication to the grateful citizens of baltimore. >> his daughter was who inherited the flag. she was one of the guardians of this flag. one of the things we like to point out is that without the family understanding and valuing this flag so much, even though they souvenired it, they would cut pieces off, they cared for it greatly. and so without the family having valued it so dearly it may not exist today. >> the next image we have here is the first photograph we actually have of the flag, in 1870's admiral prebel was writing a book on the flag and he said no one knew where the "the star-spangled banner" was and she contacted hi