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12-09-2021, 09:57 PM
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Ferguson Bakery pennants
On the Ferguson blotter shown below it states that the bakery was giving away as premiums both large movie actor and baseball star pennants. Those pennants were produced by Bradford and company of St. Joseph, Michigan. Several years ago I picked up one of the large movie actor pennants which fortunately had it's ad on the back. Both are shown below. On your list you should probably cross out Ferguson and add Bradford and Co.
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12-10-2021, 02:16 AM
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Bradford & Co., St. Joseph, MI
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I'm definitely familiar with this company. They made some Notre Dame championship banners from the 1929-30 seasons featuring a sewn label of theirs. According to some research I once did on them, they were founded by a guy named Fredrick LeRoy Bradford. He started the company in 1897 to produce advertising novelties and souvenir items in the resort town of St. Joseph, MI. In 1907 he began making felt pennants; and, he was one of the early pioneers to screen print his pennants. At one point Bradford was considered "the largest maker of felt pennants"; but, it's unclear when that may have been true (or if that was ever an accurate claim). The company was still in business by 1960, well after Bradford's death; and, they still listed felt pennants as something they manufactured, at that point. By then, however, they were well invested in a variety of other advertising-related products, so who knows how much felt pennants played into things. But, other than the Ferguson Bakery series, did they ever make any pro baseball pennants in any significant quantities? If they did, they likely stopped labeling their pennants sometime after 1930. Who knows? They could be our mystery maker responsible for the sliding runner and stiff arming footballer pennants.... (I promise no clear answers on this mystery in 2022, regrettably.) Or, perhaps they only focused on souvenir, promo, and advertising pennants? I feel like if they were as big as was once claimed, we'd all know more about them by now.
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12-10-2021, 02:30 PM
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Kyle, I'm already looking forward to the 2022 updates to the blog!
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12-10-2021, 04:29 PM
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Kyle, good stuff. The batter graphic appears on a set of minis I picked up not too long ago, interested to learn more, can’t wait for ‘22!
Also I forgot all about the BF3s from 1936-37 … is that the same as Red Ball?
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12-10-2021, 06:21 PM
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Speaking of minis I found this cool WGN after getting the price way down. Haven’t seen another from this series. I have seen mid-size pennants from the series, not with tassels but with extended spine as if it was part of a string … but they were large, like 20”.
I had fun with my “mini” project, just about filled in all the gaps on the paneling. Pics to come. Last edited by thetahat; 12-10-2021 at 06:23 PM.
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12-12-2021, 10:36 AM
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12-12-2021, 10:38 AM
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Question: When you get a pennant with a "squared off" spine, like the one on the right, do you think this is a factory thing or an alteration?
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12-12-2021, 11:00 AM
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Hey, FB Rob....I never really took a deep dive into your football pennant website until last night. Wow! Great job. Ballpark, what percentage of the pennants pictured are yours?
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12-12-2021, 02:04 PM
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If they were hand cut, that may explain why you see variations in style from one pennant to the next. Maybe the spine cutter was in a hurry to get to lunch that day?
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