Pennant for the Philadelphia Stars: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pennant for the Philadelphia Stars: Date: 1933 - 1952. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Philadelphia Stars, American, 1933 - 1952.
The object in the museum catalogue
A triangular Philadelphia Stars felt baseball pennant. The pennant is primarily made of red felt with a strip of white felt stitched to the left edge with four red 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 "PHILADELPHIA STARS" with four white stars on either side of the word "STARS."
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1933 - 1952
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Philadelphia Stars, American, 1933 - 1952
- Type: pennants
- Medium: paint on felt
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 7 1/4 x 27 1/2 x 3/16 in. (18.4 x 69.9 x 0.5 cm)
- Place depicted: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Baseball
- Topic: Segregation
- Topic: Sports
- Object number: 2013.171.3
- 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 underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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