Hey, pennant guys

[Duluth Eskimo]

Originally Posted by Domer05

Just finished making this pennant....

Read all about it on Pennant Factory, or just click here:

https://pennantfactory.weebly.com/bl...nt-wgn-flag-co

Nice work Kyle. Looks like you took the 65 Twins / Dodgers to sample from. I’ve always liked that style.

[Domer05]

Originally Posted by Duluth Eskimo

Nice work Kyle. Looks like you took the 65 Twins / Dodgers to sample from. I’ve always liked that style.

Yup, that's right. It's heavily influenced by the color scheme and graphics of WGN's 1965 Al champs (Twins) pennant, below. I made the year "2024" a bit bigger and then relocated it closer to the head-end.

Also, this year's world series featured a 26-man roster. To accommodate the extra name, I had to drop the manager's name off the scroll.

The Day-Glo colors were hand painted using watercolors.

[ooo-ribay]

Thanks to Bocca for making this available to me. He found himself an upgrade, which I hope we'll see soon. I'm not really a "condition guy" to the extent some of you are, but the condition of this gave me pause. Bocca thinks, and I agree, it may have been stored for a long time under a black pennant. In the end, I bought it because there have only been three of these seen. The more common (but by no means common) version has no white paint. These are one of only two varieties of Giants pennants which show Seals Stadium (1958-59).

Question for Kyle - wouldn't the white paint necessitate an entirely different screen than the all black graphics? The all black I've shown is the "fat font." I also have one with the same font as my new acquisition.

Question for you other guys - any cleaning tips at all? I tried a few things. I dipped the tip in some mild soapy water and the water immediately turned orange. When I blotted it on a white towel, it left an orange triangle. I think I'm gonna have to live with it.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Question for you other guys - any cleaning tips at all? I tried a few things. I dipped the tip in some mild soapy water and the water immediately turned orange. When I blotted it on a white towel, it left an orange triangle. I think I'm gonna have to live with it.

Clothes shaver?

[perezfan]

Great variation.... the toning just gives it some character. These things are supposed to look vintage because they are! Congrats on the awesome and rare pickup!

[bocca001]

Here is the upgrade. Has a broken bottom tassel, but is otherwise exceptional.

Rob is right in that he and I have now seen three of these. One on worthpoint and now his and mine. I know he knows some advanced Giants collectors that do not have a copy of this. I think that Rob's was stored on top of a black pennant. If the black pennant had been on top, the white spine would have been affected. I've never had any luck getting that type of dye transfer out of a pennant.

[ooo-ribay]

^^^ Yeah, probably on top of, because the back is even worse.

[Domer05]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Question for Kyle - wouldn't the white paint necessitate an entirely different screen than the all black graphics? The all black I've shown is the "fat font." I also have one with the same font as my new acquisition.

Yes, this two-color variant would have required two screens--one per color. You could use the black ink screen for the all black variant; but, you'd have to "unblock" the portions of the stencil where the white would've gone.

I love this pennant. It's by Trench; and yet it's so different from the Dodgers/Coliseum pennant, from the same era.

Because the felt was orange, it was light enough to print the stadium graphics directly over the felt, sans white underbase. You couldn't do this if the felt was any darker or else the black ink detail would have no contrast.

[bocca001]

Someone posted a link to video on the main page about a Boston Card show from 1988. At the end of the video, there is a picture of a pennant. Howley day at Fenway park. I guess it was from 1926 (or is it 1927?), honoring the coach of the St. Louis Browns.

https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=72263

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Someone posted a link to video on the main page about a Boston Card show from 1988. At the end of the video, there is a picture of a pennant. Howley day at Fenway park. I guess it was from 1926, honoring the coach of the St. Louis Browns.

https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=72263

Repco, ya think?

[Domer05]

Probably not by Repco. They seemed to have left the felt pennant business by the 1920s; perhaps sooner.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Someone posted a link to video on the main page about a Boston Card show from 1988. At the end of the video, there is a picture of a pennant. Howley day at Fenway park. I guess it was from 1926 (or is it 1927?), honoring the coach of the St. Louis Browns.

https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=72263

I think it was 1927. The rear of the photo in that link is dated 1927. I also found this NY Times article from 1927 about Dan Howley Day.