Pennant for the New York Cuban Stars: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Triangular New York Cuban Stars felt baseball pennant. The pennant is primarily made of brown felt with a strip of white felt stitched to the left edge with four brown tassels. There is a green, white, and orange screen-printed image of a baseball player sliding into home plate with the catcher standing behind the plate, ready to catch the baseball coming towards him. There is white text next to the image that reads "NEW YORK CUBAN STARS."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1916-1935
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: New York Cuban Stars, American, 1916 - 1935
• Type: pennants
• Medium: paint on felt
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 7 5/16 x 26 1/2 x 3/16 in. (18.6 x 67.3 x 0.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Baseball
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.171.4
• 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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