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Pennant for Wilberforce University

after 1856

Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

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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 university pennant olive green in color with a strip of gold felt trim at its base. There is gold lettering in calligraphic script down the center of the pennant. The text reads [Wilberforce].The back of the pennant has no lettering. There is a small tear at the bottom PL of the pennant. The second "r" is ripping slightly at its center and the pennant is deeply creased down the center of the first "e." The pennant is slightly browned with dirt and age.

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Catalog reference: 2014.213.3.1

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