Okay pennant guys, help me solve this mystery. Just added this Dodgers pennant to the collection. Is this a football pennant? As I am sure you know there was a NFL team with this name until 1943 and then in the AAFC 'til 1948.
For the prosecution:
1. The bum is kicking what appears to be a stinkin' football.
2. The '48 Football Dodgers did have blue and white as its colors. Different colors in other seasons, though.
3. I have never seen this design before, which is why I had to have it.
For the defense (baseball?):
1. It is a cloth pennant, you know, the thin kind that fades easily gets loose threads on the edges when worn. I don't think that any cloth pennants were made in the 1940s. Have never seen one dated as such, nor any cloth pennants of the STL Browns, Phila A's, and Boston Braves. '55 Dodgers baseball pennants were cloth, and I doubt it goes back much earlier than that.
2. No evidence that the football team were referred to as "bums", and image searches of old BD football programs do not show a bum logo or reference.
Any thoughts? I should add that either way, I'm happy with the purchase, regardless of sport.
Last edited by thetahat; 03-17-2018 at 07:58 AM.
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