Hey, pennant guys

[perezfan]

I also loved this pic, posted by Bob W from 1950. The Brooklyn Bum Pennant is obscured, but is definitely in the Vendor's right hand. Note the little Swinging Batter towards the tail, and the bottom-half font of "Brooklyn". A perfect match, even though the magnificent Bum isn't visible.

This is the rarest version of the Bum to be found on a pennant (IMHO), and it's great to know that it's from 1950! Great stuff... let's keep it coming!

[Bumpus Jones]

Agreed Mark! At least maybe this stupid virus is good for something bringing all these awesome pics out of the woodwork. How bout a pennant and banner combo from series time in cincy!

[bobw]

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Not sure if these were real or movie props

[perezfan]

REAL.... that last picture is fantastic!

Here are both of the Pennants from that great photo. Too bad the photo is B&W because the actual colors are gorgeous!

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Bumpus Jones

Agreed Mark! At least maybe this stupid virus is good for something bringing all these awesome pics out of the woodwork. How bout a pennant and banner combo from series time in cincy!

Fantastic, Chris!

That pennant is so rare in red (normally it's blue), and it looks great with the blue tassels. Very cool patriotic look. And the Banner is the best I've ever seen. I have never been able to find one that's not ripped to shreds, badly stained, terribly faded, or full of holes.

Yours must be the best extant, and to have the matching pics.... WOW!

[perezfan]

There are so many things I love about this last day's posts...

That batch of Indians Pennants is by far the rarest variation from 1948. Just insane to see that many together!

Great photo evidence of pennants being sold, some of which have a blunt tip. We knew that maybe 10% were made that way, and great to see the photos bear it out.

Amazing to see which pennants coincided with others time-wise. Some that you might think were older were actually sold into the early '60s. Really cool to see these overlaps.

Thanks to all for posting these wonderful photos!

[perezfan]

Nevermind…

Don't want to hog the thread with stuff that maybe 3 people might care about.

[gratefuldog3]

Rooters in New York.

[thetahat]

Without question, today was the greatest day in Hey Pennant Guys history, only to be surpassed when Mark S. posts pics of his ENTIRE collection! (Speaking of which, Mark, time for another sale???)

[bobw]

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[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Nevermind…

Don't want to hog the thread with stuff that maybe 3 people might care about.

There are more than 3 who would care...

[bocca001]

Here are a few more I found online. The Giants pennant pic is from 1951.

[Domer05]

Oh man, how can anyone follow the burlesque girl waving the O's pennant in downtown Baltimore....

Here goes. Here's a picture taken at game #1 of the 1916 World Series, Brooklyn (NL) at Boston (AL)--although the game was played at Braves Field rather than Fenway to accommodate a bigger crowd. The woman on the far right is the wife of one of the principal owners, Ed McKeever. Before her and her entourage are no less than five Brooklyn pennants. As far as I know, only one has survived the past 100+ years: the blue "BROOKLYN" + batter pennant shown below (in the photo, it's hiding in the second row, between the ladies in front).

The pair of "BROOKLYN" + crossed bats pennants I've never seen anywhere before; and the same goes for the pair of identical 1916 National League Champion "Dodgers" pennants hanging from the railing. I have, however, seen their Red Sox mate. The 1916 sox version is shown below. It appears to be a higher quality version of the Brooklyn one in that it is two-piece and multicolored. (I suspect the Brooklyn version was hastily thrown together at the season's end, when time was limited.)

If anyone owns or has seen either of these this century, I imagine it'd be someone following this thread.

(For a higher resolution photo, see: https://loc.gov/pictures/resource/gg...?loclr=blogpic )