View Single Post
  #6416  
Old 05-20-2022, 01:13 PM
thetahat's Avatar
thetahat thetahat is offline
The Uber Anal Retentive Freak
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: not far from Mt. Vernon, PA
Posts: 1,532
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by UKCardGuy View Post
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.
Reply With Quote