Yeah, those are really unique... you never see them. Great stuff, Greg.
Mike; A number of those must be one-of-a-kind. I've never seen any other examples of the Cub wearing the Cap, the oversized/framed Cubs, or the Tiger Head above the Stadium. Really great stuff! Also... There was another Johnny Groth Pennant on ebay recently. Do you still have yours, or did it make it's way to the ""outside"? It is interesting, as we once thought it might be a "special" pennant, made just for him. Fascinating to ponder why they would mass-produce a pennant like that for such a common player? |
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Awesome stuff Mark!
Here's a couple odd ball but cool pennants. I believe the Redleg pennant to be from 1958. It originated from the Los Angeles area. The last year the Reds were officially referred to as the Redlegs and the Dodgers first year in L.A. was 1958. Plus it has sewn on letters and measures 14" x 40"! I believe it may have been used at the Reds visiting hotel or something similar... |
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^^^^^ The Hotel Havlin one? How big is that and what do you think the wedge shaped wood was for? :confused: Very cool.
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Hey Rob. That's actually a horn attached to the pennant.
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Wow... blown away by those two, and have never seen either. Condition of both looks amazing as well. You see so much of the standard Reds stuff, that when something truly unique appears, you just have to marvel at it. Thanks for showing it! :D |
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Hey Rob... It may not be the only "61 All Star Pennant, but sure is a toughie. I would bet you have the whitest one in existence. These damned white pennants are almost impossible in that condition. Very nice! |
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Here are a few of my favorite college pennants.
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^^^^ "Fighting Gobblers" :D
below is a little paper pennant. The R/A is Roos/Atkins, an SF men's clothing store. As early as 1958 they were supporting the Giants, originally as Roos Bros. and Atkins. |
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Musial Pennant
Mark is correct - the pennant has the date on the end, but tough to see in my small image. I believe on that date a statue of Musial was unveiled outside Busch Stadium, and this pennant was likely produced for that event.
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It is a rare one, to be sure. Only one I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot of pennants!)
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Cool thread, so many awesome pennants!
Heres one of my favorites- http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...f/IMG_0538.jpg |
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Pre 1958 PCL pennants, with a few exceptions, are tough to find. Early PCL pennants fall into the "hen's teeth" category.
Here's one of my favorites: 1914 Sacramento Wolves. The PCL Sacramento franchise was re-named after manager Harry Wolverton for the 1914 season, and became the Mission franchise later in the 1914 season. 21 year old future Black Sox player Lefty Williams was 13-20 with a 2.05 ERA for this not-so-great team. |
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Here's another Sacramento PCL Pennant. Obviously a later issue, but likely pre- 1958... |
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Great College Pennants, mrkrab... love them all.
This thread makes me wonder... where did all of the creativity go? Do consumers today really not want something a bit more artistic? :confused: This mass-produced garbage of today is simply crap. :( :mad: |
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The creativity died when Arthur Evans passed. He was the man behind all these goofy mascots. https://www.oxy.edu/magazine/winter-...-personalities http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws....97ad65d712.jpg |
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Great article...
Ok, Evans is my new hero, based on that body of work and those creative/expressive logos. Of course some of his best stuff would be deemed "politically incorrect" today. I can really see the resemblance of the college pennants to the 3D Dodgers/Giants Pennants. His company was even based in my old college stompings grounds... Fullerton. In honor of Arthur Evans, I'm posting the photos below... |
Does anybody have a photo of the Yankees 3d version ?
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Mark, the Dodgers three D pennant is my absolute favorite pennant of ALL TIME!! Every time it comes up for auction (which it is few and far between) it goes for crazy money. Again I am impressed with your outstanding collection
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I love it too... be patient... they turn up about once every 2 -3 years. As a frequent under-bidder, I am keenly aware of this :( Mike: Yankees is the toughest of the three, as you probably already know... I saw an image about a decade ago, but neglected to save it. Now I can't even remember it... a neat Uncle Sam variation, I think. The availability ranking definitely goes... 1. Dodgers 2. Giants 3. Yankees |
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I love this thread. Here is the large Minnesota Twins pennant. I no longer own this pennant as I sold it a couple years ago but it was a good 6 feet if I remember correctly.
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thanks so much for posting that link. One of the main reasons I joined N54 was to learn and to educate myself. I have not been let down! :D Until this discussion of the 3D pennants, I wasn't even sure they were "real." They are so amazing (and the ones I've seen have been in such great condition) that I thought they might be more recent fantasy pieces....but, apparently not. Maybe I'll stumble across the Giants version someday (in a small antique store!)..... How cool would it be to find this?: A 1963 trade ad for Angelus shows more than 100 mascots, a Who’s Who of Division I giants that includes the Duke Blue Devil, the Purdue Boilermaker, USC’s Tommy Trojan, Oregon State’s Benny Beaver, the Georgia Bulldog, the Oklahoma Aggies, and many more. Even Pomona’s Cecil Sagehen—Oswald’s oldest rival—is an Arthur Evans original. |
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Agree.... Yankees 3D is a holy grail.
Thanks, Rob for finding that image. Even though it's blurry, you can see how incredibly cool that pennant must be. |
Rob, those two 3-d pennants are/were mine, that is the old floor of my basement. Same Giants pennant Mark has pictured (on my pool table). I sold the Yankees pennant about 10 years ago and kept the Giants.
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For sure. Mark had told me about seeing the Yankees one a long time ago. It is just nice too see what it looks like.
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Large pennant from the Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons title fight.
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Here's one I wish I hadn't let get away. The Holiday Casino in Reno used to have excursions to Giants games. The orange pennant was apparently from Opening Day 1962....Marichal threw a complete game, 3-hit shutout and Mays homered :D...too bad the owner wrote on it but a cool pennant, nonetheless.
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I saw quite a few Cubs pennants in the thread but didn't see this one. In fact I've had a hard time finding it anywhere, I did a brief search awhile back trying to date it but came up empty. Part of the problem is its condition, I'm not sure what the original colors were (I'm guessing blue, but who knows?).
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It was indeed blue. Too much sun over the years has turned it grey, as is typical for these blue pennants with the thinner style felt. For whatever reason, the thin blue felt didn't hold its color, unless very well protected/preserved.
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That's a toughie. Nice example too... I do the same exact thing... upgrade when a good one surfaces, and get what you can for the lesser example. I usually get killed on the deal, but guess that's the price you pay for being picky :o |
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Here is another that has really faded.
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Rob, The Cards pennant if full sized. I have another very similar.
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Greg, you continue to amaze me with your overall knowledge of pennants...
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Thanks Chris. I would think I can't hold a candle to Mark, I gotta believe his collection is the best. I am sort of a Rob Deer of memorabilia collectors, only collect pennants, and know absolutely NOTHING about anything else. I think I have an old Phillies program somewhere in the attic .....
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We kind of just had this discussion with the 1936 Yankees pennant with this similar design. There was a 1919 Chicago White Sox version like this in the Halper collection and the newest I have seen is the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals if I remember correctly. There was a similar, but different 1944 Cardinals and Browns version as well. Very tough design in general, but you usually see the Cardinals versions more than others
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This 1959 White Sox pennant isn't rare and fairly common, but I still love it anyway.
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1913 Spokane Pennant
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Here's an oversized pennant which I believe to be related to the 1913 Spokane Indians Northwestern League team. I believe that it is baseball team related, as opposed to just a pennant promoting the city, in that the "sunburst S" is also present on the sleeves of 1913 Spokane baseball jerseys.
The RPPC below includes future HOFer Stan Covaleskie, future Black Sox player Swede Risberg, and Ten Million, of Obak fame. |
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That is beautiful! I'd have to agree that the sunburst definitely makes it a team pennant. :D |
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This LH batter is ubiquitous on Giants pennants....whether he is standing in front of the Golden Gate, a scroll, no background or whatever. Is this same silhouette used on other teams' pennants?
What?.....you don't remember the '65 Champions with "McCovery" on the team? :p |
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Short lived team that produced some major leaguers. This pennant is 23 1/2 long.
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Who came up the the menacing nickname? :p |
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This LH batter is ubiquitous on Giants pennants....whether he is standing in front of the Golden Gate, a scroll, no background or whatever. Is this same silhouette used on other teams' pennants? Yes... The Houston Astros used this Batter image alongside the Astrodome. Cleveland Indians also used the same Batter in their famous 1954 "Lopez Limited" Champions Pennant. But it's most commonly seen on Giants Pennants, as you pointed out above. |
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There's some incredible looking pennants in this thread.I'm not a pennant guy,but I picked up this mini pennant (4" x 1 1/2" inch).I was hoping someone could tell me if this is a common mini-pennant.I believe it's from the mid 1940's.
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Your small pennant is from an un-cataloged set of Leader Candy co. pennants from the 40s.
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I like the hanging pennants. Here are a few of my favorites.
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I found this one on a box this evening. I totally forgot I had it. I think it would be considered a pennant:confused:
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Here is my favorite even though I don't own it...........................................yet :D
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Enough Giants pennants already!!!!
This is one for Rob in defiance of all the Giants pennants. It's a tough one that I have not seen before or since that actually has a piece of felt fabric glued or stitched at the bottom. Rob, hopefully you got the Giants version as I think the seller had the matching Giants one when I bought it.
The second is a tough Phil Rizzuto pennant that I like. A friend wanted me to send him a photo of it, but never got around to it. I think he will see it here. The third is my favorite photo pennant. Another tough one to boot. The photo looks bad for some reason, but it is clear. |
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That is a great Mantle photo pennant! Here is the 1965 version of the Dodgers pennant when they played the Twins.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...gersbanner.jpg Here is another very tough photo pennant. http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff219/dwr11/JD1.jpg |
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