Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Pennant for the Philadelphia Stars
1933 - 1952
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
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."
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2013.171.3
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