Hey, pennant guys

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

Thanks Jason. My questions about the Tigers pennant were down to the quality of it's construction. The uneven cut, the wavy stitching on the spine stood out to me. but the font and the tigers head looked good to me. The fact that the listing mentioned homemade and not hand-made, was another question for me.

I'd like to be educated about the early manufacturing processes if anyone has insight. For early pennants like Greg's Cubs and White Sox examples, I'm guessing these have been made on some sort of manufacturing process even if that was a single room in a shop somewhere? Sewing machines were in wide use by 1905 so I'm guessing these wouldn't have been hand stitched. Is that correct?

Kyle will know best. I can only speculate that this was the earliest pennant “series”, where a manufacturer made pennants of the same style for different teams. Felt has the feel of an army blanket. They are well made.

[MK]

Acquired this hard to find Cubs pennant which I believe is from the 1930s. Odd colors with purple body, orange spine and red tassels.

[UKCardGuy]

That's a nice pennant. What size is it?

There's a similar one from 1945 but the graphics look a little different.

[MK]

It’s 26 inches. The World Series pennant you picture (mine I believe unless you have a clone) is more like the one below.

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by MK

Acquired this hard to find Cubs pennant which I believe is from the 1930s. Odd colors with purple body, orange spine and red tassels.

Mike this is really cool, congrats. Condition looks fantastic!

[MK]

Originally Posted by thetahat

Mike this is really cool, congrats. Condition looks fantastic!

Thanks! No pin holes.