1912 Philadelphia Caramel Pennants - Any info on these?

[oldeboo]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

I wonder what they sell for?

I would guess not very much. Since the city pennants have a generic look, I bet these don't get recognized much. There is probably someone that hunts these down though. It used to be common for people to buy pennants as souvenirs for all kinds of things like vacations to cities. Most people that run into these and sell them probably have no clue about the baseball connection.

It would definitely be neat to have a few, but they don't seem to be all that common. Thanks to the OP for sharing what you've learned.

[riggs336]

Great post! Thanks.

[petecld]

That's great information. Considering the source I don't see how that pennant isn't anything but from this promotion.

It's great that the ad even used exact size illustrations.

Now go find the other 59!

[phlflyer1]

Just wanted to bump this post one more time before it drops off the first page again to thank those who took the time to respond.

With the pennants being so plain and fairly obscure, I figured that there is not much information out there on them. That being said, I'm still hopeful that there might be a pennant collector or two out there who might recognize the set and have other examples or any additional information that they can share.

Leon, I remember that awesome Nadja/Blake Wenneker box. Like you, I love adding companion items which are related to the manufacturers of the cards that we love collecting.

I don't remember if i posted this in the advertising piece thread, but here is a Philadelphia Confections "Derby Winner" candy box that I picked up awhile back. To tie it back to this thread, Philadelphia Confections was a brand name that was produced by Philadelphia Caramel.

Note that the E79 boxing card is just to show the scale of the box. Not saying that any of the cards produced by Philadelphia Caramel necessarily came inside the box.