Hey, pennant guys

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by cmoore330

I picked up a great group of football and baseball pennants. I know that at least a couple of them are really good, but would love some thoughts as I'm more of a college guy.



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I’m a Giants football fan and I love those pennants!

[ooo-ribay]

Cool, but I guess not surprising, that the baseball Giants have the exact same font.

[bocca001]

Nice, Casey!

Was this part of a big find? Were all of the pennants about the same age/era? I ask because the Bears pennant is of a style that many of us believed for a long time was from the 1940s or early 1950s (and may still be). They have been found for several teams from that era, but not all. And they are rare.

Then one showed up for the Atlanta Falcons??? 1965 or so? It could be something the pennant maker made in the style of the older pennants, but it seems like an odd design to pick because it is uncommon and only 3/4 size.

Here is Rob's Falcons pennant and my 49ers.

[ooo-ribay]

The Bears pennant definitely caught my eye. I don’t know much about football pennants but I see my share while searching for SFG stuff. My uneducated eye would have pegged it as 40’s-50’s and certainly not post 1965. Like Bocca, I think it would have been an odd style to copy later on. In the world of pennant mysteries, this is a good one.

edit: Rob and Marc - have you seen faded examples of this style pennant? The three shown all have great color, which would support post 1965. I’m leaning that way, anyway.

2nd edit: I just checked Rob’s fantastic football pennant site, feltfootball.com. Guru Rob also now thinks 1960’s. So my new question is, who the hell made these???

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

The Bears pennant definitely caught my eye. I don’t know much about football pennants but I see my share while searching for SFG stuff. My uneducated eye would have pegged it as 40’s-50’s and certainly not post 1965. Like Bocca, I think it would have been an odd style to copy later on. In the world of pennant mysteries, this is a good one.

edit: Rob and Marc - have you seen faded examples of this style pennant? The three shown all have great color, which would support post 1965. I’m leaning that way, anyway.

2nd edit: I just checked Rob’s fantastic football pennant site, feltfootball.com. Guru Rob also now thinks 1960’s. So my new question is, who the hell made these???

Hanco used the design in the 1970s...for what that's worth.

[bocca001]

The Bears looks old to me.

Funny how these are all very rare, but possibly so different.

[cmoore330]

The older ones seem to have the white spine and tassles.