Hey, pennant guys

[thetahat]

Very cool pennant, Peter! Interestingly just this morning I noticed that one of my Phillies team picture pennants from the 60s had a pic and roster from spring training and it was described as such.

[bigfish]

New arrival..,,

[WillowGrove]

Nice Toby.

Thanks on the Bklyn pennant guys. So should I assume that pennants with the full roster are equally done for Opening Day as they are for the post season? It's just funny to me to put the effort into making a pennant that will change soon after the season starts.

Thanks again.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Peter,
Most pennants with names on them or scroll style pennants were done for the post season. There are plenty of pennants that are like the Brooklyn version you show, but most commemorate an achievement or specific player. The "world champs" pennants were often done after the season then sold the next season as well. On photo pennants not commemorating a championship many of them were done in the pre season and some of the photos were taken at spring training. Others sometime use photos from the previous year. No rhyme or reason. Nice pennant by the way. Take care, Jason

[WillowGrove]

Gotcha Jason. And much thanks.

[Fballguy]

Just picked this one up cheap, as most college pennants are...Was wondering if anyone had any ideas on age. It's soft felt. Guessing 1950s...but the shape of the football looked a little bloated. Maybe earlier?

The bottom two tassels are cut short, while the top two are intact. Curious what others approach to damaged tassels is? Do you leave as is. Do you remove altogether? To me, tassels do nothing to increase my interest in a pennant...but I tend to leave them as is, no matter how jacked up they are. What do others do?

[perezfan]

I like to leave the tassels as-is. Those are not too bad, and the body of the pennant is spectacular. Great/unusual design, and much like an oversized Tacoma Tigers Teens pennant that was posted here years ago.

That looks like a melon ball to me, and I think this one could be as early as the 1920s... but more likely the 30s or early 40s. Perhaps someone here can chime in with a more specific timeline. Sometimes you get lucky, and find a program or yearbook with an identical design (which helps date the pennant).

Wonderful acquisition... congrats!