Pennant for the New York Black Yankees: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pennant for the New York Black Yankees: Date: 1932 - 1948. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: New York Black Yankees, American, 1932 - 1948.
The object in the museum catalogue
Triangular New York Black Yankees felt baseball pennant. The pennant is primarily made of green felt with a strip of yellow felt stitched to the left edge and four purple felt tassels. There is a screen-printed image of a baseball diamond and white text on the green felt that reads "N.Y. BLACK YANKEES."
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1932 - 1948
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: New York Black Yankees, American, 1932 - 1948
- Type: pennants
- Medium: paint on felt
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 7 1/2 x 29 1/4 x 1/4 in. (19.1 x 74.3 x 0.6 cm)
- Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Baseball
- Topic: Segregation
- Topic: Sports
- Object number: 2013.171.1
- 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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