Object Details
Created by
Unidentified
Subject of
Wilberforce University, American, founded 1856
Description
A university pennant forest green in color with a yellow strip of felt at its base. There is yellow stylized text down the center of the pennant which reads [Wilberforce]; to the left of the text is the stylized image of two football players running over sparse clumps of grass. Attached to the base of the pennant of are two pairs of green felt ties. There is a strong vertical crease on the pennant between the "I" and the "L" in the line of text.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Gates Moresi family
Date
1940s - 1950s
Object number
2014.213.3.2
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Type
pennants
Medium
felt with thread and printing ink
Dimensions
H x W: 11 × 31 in. (27.9 × 78.7 cm)
Place depicted
Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Education
Football
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Sports
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.213.3.2