This is a recent acquisition, a fairly common pennant with two exceptions (a) purple felt and (b) extremely vivid paint colors. It was the latter that particularly jumped at me. Seems pretty clear now that some of Trench’s paint colors - mainly green - faded very quickly, which is why some stadium pennants that are otherwise pristine have yellow grass in the outfield.
I’ll note that you do see White Sox and Cardinals stadium pennants with bluish-green grass. Never have seen an Ebbets or Polo Grounds version that wasn’t a dull yellow. I’m sure Kyle knows way more about the process, in fact we may have discussed this in the past.
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