Hey, pennant guys

[ooo-ribay]

Great Google gallery, Marc!

I notice:

A sure bleach candidate.
The odd LH batter between the pistols.
An autograph?

[rlevy]

Back on the hunt for photos showing pennants, and the pennant guide listed the pennant shown in this photo as an LA 1960's. But this photo is from 1956 when the Brooklyn Dodgers played some of their games at Roosevelt Park, the year after finally winning the World Series. Or am I missing something? Are there different versions of a similar pennant?
1956 april world champions Roosevelt stadium enlarged.jpg
1956 or 1957 gettyimages-517762432-2048x2048 Roosevelt stadium retouched.jpg

[bocca001]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Great Google gallery, Marc!

I notice:

A sure bleach candidate.
The odd LH batter between the pistols.
An autograph?

Given all of the issues with bleaching red graphics, I just wasn't sure about bleaching that one with Orange. Every copy of that pennant I have ever seen has been pretty dingy. I may try picking up a second copy at some point and bleaching one. It's an uncommon pennant, but not super rare.

And, yes, the blue Colts does have autographs, from two relief pitchers. I'm usually not a fan of autographs on vintage pennants, but there was something I liked about that one. It reminded me of my kids getting autographs at games and being excited with any autographs, even the random relief pitchers (who are usually the only players you can get to sign during warmups these days). It was at a local antique store and I figured that I would help to keep it in the Houston area.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Given all of the issues with bleaching red graphics, I just wasn't sure about bleaching that one with Orange. Every copy of that pennant I have ever seen has been pretty dingy. I may try picking up a second copy at some point and bleaching one. It's an uncommon pennant, but not super rare.

I totally understand your apprehension, but I might tape off everything above the lower edge and go at it with a very mild solution. I used to use straight bleach but I used about a 30% solution on the 1962 pennant and still got amazing results. Did you get your restorer stuff from Amazon?