The technical issues seem to be fixed.Phew!

I also would like to see the whole catalog. Might there be an Ohio U. example in there? Probably not….too far out on the western frontier.

edit: maybe so, on Ohio U. I see Michigan, Chicago and Cal.

I’d also like the full catalog. Thanks Kyle!

That’s a beautiful Huskies pennant Mark! For football they seemed to have kept with the brown/white color scheme, but for baseball they appear to mix up a bit...here is a red highlighted baseball.

Incredible, Joe... What a beauty!

Never seen another besides my Huskies with that particular design (and now I have!) Those graphics look so incredible against that deep red felt.

That image is actually not mine (I have one of these pennants with that design too, but not as in great condition), but posted this one because, like you said, it's a beautiful example.

Joe and Greg those are some beautiful pennants.

Based on the RepCo catalog that Kyle found, can we say that these pennants are RepCo issues? (N.B. They're not my pennants)

I kinda thought we already could/did. :p :confused:

Gary, as far as the Chicago pennant, I’d say probably not. There is a “series” of pennants with that leather graphic, I’ve seen at least four of five others. There’s also a Tigers with a leather Tiger head. They have the same construction, two color felt with reinforced edges. These three are mine. There is a White Sox pennant currently on eBay with a screened graphic but otherwise the same construction. And it has a tag on the back from Geo. Lauterer. So that’s my guess.

Also, the batter graphic is identical to that of a screened 1919 Reds Champions pennant.

Just a gut feeling, but I don't think any of these were by Repco. The artwork just ... doesn't resemble the same degree of detail that Repco's were known for, in my view. Additionally, none of these feature a no-contrast spine or an Old English or Collegiate Block letter font that seemed to typify Repco's look.

One thing I learned while researching Repco: they had a monopoly on "process" (screen printed) pennants from about 1908-1911. But by the summer of 1911, at least one rival pennant maker named Langrock Bros., also of New York City, had begun making screen printed pennants. By about 1915, several more had joined the club, including Annin, yet another New York-based pennant maker.

Coincidentally (or not so coincidentally), 1915 is about when it appears Repco may have left the pennant market entirely. I have long suspected this was due to this influx in competitors who had entered the marketplace and perhaps even perfected Repco's patented "process" (also known as the Udall Process) into something even better. To this point, I cannot think of a single Repco pennant we can definitively source to them and made after 1914.

I suspect this is when they transitioned to other commercial applications for their process, like indoor advertising.

So although it's tempting to label that beautiful 1915 Red Sox pennant as being by Repco, I think it's more likely someone else made it.