Holsum Bread Texas pennant

front of 2024.1009.5

front of 2024.1009.5

Name/Title

Holsum Bread Texas pennant

Entry/Object ID

2024.1009.5

Description

Blue pennant showing Battleship Texas with a cage mast configuration. Weight recorded at 27,000 tons. Patent obscured and difficult to read. Back of pennant is empty. Made by Holsum Bread Company. The pennant originally had "EAT HOLSUM BREAD" was originally on the header but has faded and chipped off before donation.

Context

Holsum Bread Company made pennants of US and foreign warships as a promotion for their company.

Collection

Historical Collections, Donation (Hunter Miertschin)

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pennant

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Flag

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Organizational Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects