Pennant: Dartmouth College School Pennant, College Football Hall of Fame Souvenir, 29", USA, Vintage 1978

A piece of Ivy League football history, this vintage Dartmouth College pennant comes from the 1978–1979 grand opening collection of the College Football Hall of Fame in Kings Mills, Ohio.

• Maker: Unmarked
• Materials: Wool felt, heavy oil-based enamel paint (screen-printed)
• Dimensions: 29.0" long x 12.0" wide (at widest point); tassel-free design
• Origin: USA
• Era: Vintage, 1978–1979
• Condition: Vintage, used — very good. Screen printing in great condition. Tassel-free, as originally made. A 1/8-inch hanging hole on the golden yellow spine has opened into a minor vertical tear from past display. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

Crisp white oil-enamel lettering and the historic school seal sit on a classic Dartmouth Green felt body with a contrasting golden yellow left spine. The paint has the rigid, "stiff-feeling" texture prized by vintage collectors. On the reverse is the original cardboard tag reading "College Football Hall of Fame," with the building illustration, stock #9008, and the original $1.00 retail price.

A genuine piece of late-1970s collegiate Americana — equally at home in a dorm room, a game room, a study, or a nostalgic grouping on any wall. A lovely alumni gift, graduation gift, or collector's find for the vintage pennant enthusiast.

Dartmouth football reached its peak under Bob "The Bullet" Blackman, who coached the Big Green from 1955 to 1970, winning 104 games and 7 Ivy League championships, with undefeated seasons in 1962, 1965, and 1970; he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987. The pennant's rigid oil-enamel printing and tassel-free layout follow the style of 1940s pennants, a design associated with wartime material shortages, and it appears to be a heritage-style reissue made for the new museum. We date it to 1978–1979 based on its original College Football Hall of Fame tag. If precise dating matters to you, we'd encourage independent research.

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