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Originally Posted by thetahat
Side note about the Athletics elephant pennant. I won this in a Heritage auction, it was described having a label with manufacturer name that wasn't legible. It turns out it is Gimbels, which was Philly's oldest department store (1887-1987). (My pic obviously isn’t the best)
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So that's what it read! Yes, Gimbel Brothers.... That one always perplexed me. Thought it might have read "Spalding Bros.," but not quite.
Your Athletics pennant, Greg, was the only pennant I've ever seen with this mark on it. Anybody ever seen another?
I'm thinking the Alterations Department made these up for the hometown team, probably in the 1910s, as part of a very limited run.