OLD Pennant: Treasure or Junk?

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Posted By: Anonymous

I collect old White Sox pennants and bought this on ebay a few years ago.

It is navy blue felt and the letters are stitched into the felt

(can't tell you what type of stitching - some sort of crochet-like deal).

I am 95% sure it is legitimately from sometime between 1905 and 1910,

but I just don't know what it is.



It came from a lot that included a bunch of old cards and postcards

in the 1905-1910 range. Supposedly everything came from a trunk

found in an attic. As an example of the other stuff included in the

lot (the only thing I remembered to save info on) were several

1907 Geo. W. Hull postcards. The cards and postcards in the lot all sold

for good prices, so I assume the savvy collectors determined that

the lot was legit.



The trunk-attic came from the Chicago area and the cards were about an equal

mix of Cubs and White Sox, so I have no idea whether this would be a Cubs or Sox

pennant (both used a blue and white color scheme at the time). Or maybe it's not

even baseball related????



Anyone know what I have here? Is it something special, or just something

someone's grandma made for them? If you need any more info or close pictures

of the stitching, let me know.




Thanks!


edited scan size and please be careful of where you are posting...this should be on the memorabilia side...thanks (leon)