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Pennants

The Smithsonian says about items like these, "Popular items from the 1940s through the 1960s, pennants have since given way to T-shirts and other mass-produced collectibles at souvenir stands."

Guess my ownership shows my age. I have somewhere between 40-50 of these, collected in the 1950s and 1960s. I have city pennants (Boston, Denver, Philadelphia), historic site pennants (Gettysburg, Bunker Hill), sports team pennants (St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Angels, Washington Senators, LA Dodgers), and a few from World's Fairs and Expos, like these. The one at the top is from Osaka 1970; the one in the middle is from Montreal 1967; and the one at the bottom is from the NY World's Fair 1964-1965. I know I went to the one in New York, but I think my parents attended the other two without me.

I have big ones (these are 25 inches long), small ones (less than 12 inches long), and even jacket patches for my Catholic elementary school in New London, CT and the Arctic Research Lab.

The whole collection brings back memories of car trips through the Northeast and cross country in the mid-1950s and early 1960s.

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Posted by Linkmeister at April 19, 2006 03:09 PM | TrackBack