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Originally Posted by MK
Not all the Cub pennants from this series had tassels. Why would certain ones be made differently?
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Although WGN was known for, shall we say, "inconsistencies" in their manufacturing process, I think there's a better answer: By about 1950 or so, WGN transitioned to a different pennant style. That's about when they introduced limited color graphics; and they stopped using tassels. As best we can tell, this series spanned a few years around the year 1950 (plus or minus 2 years?). That's right around the time that they stopped using tassels.
This to me best explains why the older, black/orange cubs version has tassels; and the newer red/white one doesn't.
That, and ... they totally wanted to F with us.