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Pennant

Object Name:
Pennant
Object ID:
2007.015.02
Date:
1925-1930
Description:
Pennant, Dartmouth College. Wool felt. White felt letters, "DARTMOUTH", stitched to triangular piece of green felt. White felt border at left edge, with two pairs of green felt ties.
Material:
Textile
Wool
Dimensions:
H-11 W-31 inches
Provenance:
Belonged to donor's grandmother, Miriam Carleton Sweet Coombs (1908-2007), born in Brookfield, VT, raised in Woodsville, NH. She graduated from Woodsville High School in 1924 and from Middlebury College in 1928. Her husband, John Dexter Coombs (1897-1975), taught algebra at Raymond (NH) High School in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The donor thinks his grandmother acquired the pennant as a souvenir while attending a football game at Dartmouth.
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