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    A college classmate of mine has a dad who runs a flag store in Concord
    N.H.  It is H.A. Holt & Sons 39 South Street, Concord (603) 225-6261.
    
    Their Ad int he yellow pages lists "U.S. and State Flags, Historic
    Flags, Custom Flags Made.
    
    Mr Host has been in business a long time - Well before I met his
    son around 1970.
    
    Bill
    

    If you can get to Newport, try Flying Colors on Thames Ave.  They are 
    at the larger boat shows and have a large selection of international
    flags as well as custom work.  
    
    We have 4 of their flags, all cloth, no dyes or screening.  Good
    quality.
    
    Rick
    

There is/used to be a place in Porter Square, Cambridge, called the Flag 
Center, I believe.  They seemed to have *everything*.

Also, I was surprised to find a large state flag collection plus some 
other countries, and signal pennants, at E.G.Washburne on Rt 114 in 
Peabody, MA between Rt 1 and Rt 128 (closer to Rt 1). 

J.

    The flag center has exited Porter Square; its former location is
    now an MBTA station. Current whereabouts given as 2267 Mass Ave
    (hope this isn't the old address...)
    
    Ross Faneuf
    

    Hmm, the Flag Center address is close to its old location; maybe
    I'm wrong about the move. Anyway, here is the phone number:
    
    	617-868-2026 or 617-876-1040 or 617-876-8226
    
    Ross Faneuf
    

    
    Thanks for all the suggestions.  Here's what I found:
    
       o Holts, in Concord NH, has an interesting variety of flags in
         stock. They have New England state flags and US flags in 
         various sizes, and a few of the usual decoration flags
         (like a martini glass).  Your best bet is to get there on
         a weekday--while they say they're open Saturday mornings,
         they were closed when I tried.
    
       o The Flag Center, on Mass Ave near the Cambridge/Somerville
         line (across from "the big church," the man said), seemed
         to have a good selection, but I can only tell you what I saw
         through the window.  Again, they said they were open on 
         Saturdays, but not the Saturday I tried.  This was during the
         Boston sailboat show, so when they were closed I figured they
         were manning a booth at the show.  But I found no booth, and
         a jogger who came by while I was window shopping asked me if
         the place was ever open at all.  He said he passed it every
         day and never saw anyone there.  The big "Help Wanted" sign
         that filled half the window might have been a reason why.
    
       o Boats and Motors is a place in Revere (I think) that I found at 
         the boat show.  They sent me a price list from a company named
         Johnson, and it had the best variety that I've found (for example,
         foreign flags in 18 in-by-24 in sizes, as well as a service
         to make your private signal for you).  Boats and Motors was
         the only place that had Johnson's list--everyone else had catalogs
         from other manufacturors who had a smaller selection.
    
    Again, thanks for your help, everyone.  I hope this reply will be
    useful to someone in return. 

    Would someone please give me the address or phone number of WEST
    MARINE in Calif.
    
    All my catalogues got lost in a move.
    
    Thanks.

WEST MARINE
PO Box 1020
Watsonville, CA 96077
800-538-0775 orders
800-262-8042 customer service