Hey, pennant guys

[murphusa]

The halfway point between Bobs house in Jersey and mine was an exit of the Jersey turnpike. We met quit often back then

[bocca001]

National League set of mini pennants from the early 1960s (HANCO). Giants on top (Dodgers on the bottom). I'm probably going to leave it intact.... maybe.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by bocca001

National League set of mini pennants from the early 1960s (HANCO). Giants on top (Dodgers on the bottom). I'm probably going to leave it intact.... maybe.

I definitely would!

[MK]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

I definitely would!

I’ll bet you wouldn’t if the Dodgers were on top. 😂

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by bocca001

National League set of mini pennants from the early 1960s (HANCO). Giants on top (Dodgers on the bottom). I'm probably going to leave it intact.... maybe.

Interesting! Seems like we can credit the mysterious HANCO with these two pennants that share same design:

[thetahat]

The world’s only 8” by 36” pennant holder?

[bocca001]

Here are the Phillies and Pirates minis. Does this Phillies pennant suggest that HANCO maybe made the pennants with stars orbiting hats? I know that design is common for the Phillies, but it is very rare for some other teams (e.g., the Giants pennant from a week or so ago).

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Here are the Phillies and Pirates minis. Does this Phillies pennant suggest that HANCO maybe made the pennants with stars orbiting hats? I know that design is common for the Phillies, but it is very rare for some other teams (e.g., the Giants pennant from a week or so ago).

Correct, the Phillies always had this logo, Trench used it for years. As for the early 70s series with all teams ... perhaps. There seem to be lots of Yankees/Mets pennants that have some similarities and that would suggest Hanco, I believe Domer located them in NY.

[Fballguy]

For those intrigued by the late 60, early 70s, oddball and bootleg pennants...I found this picture pretty interesting.

1) I love finding lots of pennants from the same series/maker and it appears that is the case here. I recognize many Adflag designs. Are they all Adflag? The Astros, Expos, Royals, Padres appear to be similar to each other but not the others.

2) Many depict styles that are often attributed to earlier decades. This lot is clearly from the very late 60s or more likely early 70s. I know at least a few of these have felt counterparts and designs were often used over years so not really surprising. But is that the case here or are these copies/bootlegs? Hard to see for sure, but I don't see makers marks on any of them. The Mets for sure screams bootleg to me.

3) None have a MLB trademark. By the early 70s, were they mandatory? Was Adflag exempt from using one?

4) They are all monochrome which is a hint to Ad Flag, but Ad Flag started to produce multi colored pennants in the 1960s. Did they go back to monochrome or always continue to produce them?

5) If you're as interested in this as I am, raise your hand.

[Domer05]

Originally Posted by thetahat

Correct, the Phillies always had this logo, Trench used it for years. As for the early 70s series with all teams ... perhaps. There seem to be lots of Yankees/Mets pennants that have some similarities and that would suggest Hanco, I believe Domer located them in NY.

Correct. HANCO was also known as the HANCO Art Novelty Co. Looks like they were in business as early as 1946 when they were located at 121 W. 27th St. in New York City. They existed through the 1980s; but were dissolved by the 1990s. Although they clearly made those early 1960s AL and NL mini pennants, we haven't found much more from them that ties them to professional sports pennants. They seem to have focused on travel/souvenir pennants.

Football Rob once found a NY Football Giants pennant by them; but, I think that's really it for them. I'm not aware of anything else. They may indeed have made some limited runs for New York teams....

I don't believe HANCO made that full size Houston pennant. I think they copied the artwork of others when they put that mini set together, as evidenced by that orbiting hat artwork they used--which seems to have been borrowed from Trench, as Greg points out.