Hey, pennant guys

[ooo-ribay]

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[thetahat]

Geez, Trench …

[Domer05]

Too soon??

Too soon.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by thetahat

Geez, Trench …

Well that's pretty morbid for a non-sports pennant. I'm glad they didn't do this type of thing with their sports pennants, or we might have...

The paralysis of Roy Campanella
The freezing of Ted Williams' head
The snapping of Joe Theisman's leg
The suicide of Donnie Moore
or
The injection of Barry Bonds' butt cheek

(Apologies to Rob for that last one)

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Well that's pretty morbid for a non-sports pennant. I'm glad they didn't do this type of thing with their sports pennants, or we might have...

The paralysis of Roy Campanella
The freezing of Ted Williams' head
The snapping of Joe Theisman's leg
The suicide of Donnie Moore
or
The injection of Barry Bonds' butt cheek

(Apologies to Rob for that last one)

They could at least have made a Giants Polo Grounds pennant with a little guy using binoculars in the outfield ….

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Well that's pretty morbid for a non-sports pennant. I'm glad they didn't do this type of thing with their sports pennants, or we might have...

The paralysis of Roy Campanella
The freezing of Ted Williams' head
The snapping of Joe Theisman's leg
The suicide of Donnie Moore
or
The injection of Barry Bonds' butt cheek

(Apologies to Rob for that last one)

Think of the possibilities with OJ. The fun the air brusher could have with that. "OJ kills Nicole". It would look like a Jackson Pollock painting.

Wonder which company made this societal reject? If they had a Manson Family pennant, I'd be all over it.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Well that's pretty morbid for a non-sports pennant. I'm glad they didn't do this type of thing with their sports pennants, or we might have...


The freezing of Ted Williams' head

Did you guys see the thread “Looking for Ted Williams pieces”?

A smart ass reply instantly came to my mind.

[perezfan]

Man, we're going downhill fast. Not sure I can ever look at a Pollock painting the same way again.

[Fballguy]

Any thoughts on this one? Baseball or travel? The Tiger on the label seems too coincidental, no? Was this a logo of The Reproduction Company?

[Domer05]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

Any thoughts on this one? Baseball or travel? The Tiger on the label seems too coincidental, no? Was this a logo of The Reproduction Company?

It's a legit Reproduction Co. label. In fact, I can date this specific label to ca. 1914. They used it on plenty of travel/souvenir and special event pennants manufactured during the mid-1910s.

For some reason, this company, which was based in Manhattan (and later, Brooklyn) really liked tigers. Of the four labels I've found of theirs used between 1908-1921, two featured tigers: one with a full body of a tiger; the other with only the head.

Unfortunately, I believe it's just a coincidence that there's a tiger on this "Detroit" pennant's label. I'm pretty sure this is a travel/souvenir pennant. They made a lot of these for many cities and states. They mostly all looked like this "Detroit" pennant, down to the same Gothic font. Usually, these were 100% screen printed; but, some, like this "Detroit" pennant, featured sewed letters.

The Reproduction Co. did make two known professional baseball pennants; however, unlike their travel/souvenir pennants, each were undeniably baseball pennants; and, both were made closer to 1910. As you'll see, they don't resemble the "Detroit" pennant at all. Here they are below....