Pennant for the Cincinnati Clowns: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Triangular Cincinnati Clowns felt baseball pennant. The pennant is primarily made of maroon felt with a strip of yellow felt stitched to the left edge with red knotted tassels. There is a screen-printed image of a baseball diamond with swirling edge and white text on the maroon felt that reads "CINCINNATI CLOWNS."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1943 - 1945
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Indianapolis Clowns, American, 1946 - 1989
• Type: pennants
• Medium: paint on felt
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 7 3/8 x 25 1/2 x 3/16 in. (18.7 x 64.8 x 0.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Baseball
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.171.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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