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hilbertspace2
08-15-2018, 01:05 PM
I am seeking help in identifying some early 1950's felt team pennants. I am a vintage card collector, but have never seen reference to these. This is my first attempt at posting, so bear with me. I will try to attach a scan of examples. These pennants are actually from my own personal childhood. They measure 2 1/2 " by 5 1/2". All are White lettering on blue, white on red, or black on orange. Backs are blank. I have 11 of these and remember having a full set of 16 when I was a kid. I pasted them into a scrapbook in 1954 or early 1955. They most likely were obtained in 1952 or 1953. Among the 5 missing teams are the Braves, A's and Browns/Orioles -- the franchises who moved in the early '50s.

cardinalcollector
08-15-2018, 02:52 PM
Those may be from Wheaties from the early 1950s. I had the Cardinals pennant until last year. Hard to find documentation and a checklist on those.

hilbertspace2
08-15-2018, 03:36 PM
Thanks for the reply. Wheaties is a good candidate. I used to cut off all the sports cards from the 1952 Wheaties boxes and if there were a mail order offer of some kind on the side of the box, I probably would have noticed it. I'm surprised I've never seen any more about these.