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Originally Posted by thetahat
There is a crowd pic from the 1916 WS and fans holding dated Brooklyn (Robins? Superbas?) pennants … I think it was posted here. It was the NL version of the 1916 Red Sox which has surfaced in auctions. But I’ve never seen the Brooklyn outside of that picture …
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Here's the photo from game #1 of the 1916 WS, courtesy of the Library of Congress....
That's Mrs. Ed McKeever, far right, wife of Brooklyn Dodgers/Robins owner.
To my knowledge, only one of these pennants survived. Look carefully: there's actually
five pennants displayed. The fifth was this one, held by the third woman from the left....