1913 Cravats Felt Pennants Set

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	Cravats Felt Pennants
Year	1913
Size	4 1/8″ x 9″
Images	White ink
Type	Blanket/Felt
Number in Set	27

1913 Cravats Felt Pennants Overview

Much is unknown of the Cravats Felt Pennants set and checklist. For starters, the exact date of production has not yet been confirmed. 1913, however, is the year most commonly credited with it. And with all examples being incredibly scarce, a full checklist is perhaps still missing. Two more pennants were recently discovered in 2015.

These pennants are made of felt and a little bigger than the Bakery Ferguson pennants produced in 1916. The fronts include an image of a player, the player name, team name, and a Cravats logo inside of a baseball with a bat. The pennants also have a small hole on the side (or top). White ink was used against a colored background for the printing.

To date, it is unknown what ‘Cravats’ refers to. Some believe it is the name of a company that produced these. But the word is also reportedly an old name for a triangle-shaped piece of cloth.

The pennants also originally included a grommet (hole with a metal ring around it) at the top, presumably for hanging or to attach to something. Today, some of those have been cut off from the pennants, making them less valuable but still heavily desired.

Pennants were printed in a variety of colors. Some included full player names while others only included last names or initials for part of the name. Different players are printed in different colors so a master checklist would be larger than the one identified below.

Here are pictures of the known pennants, courtesy of Old Cardboard.