Name/Title
Holsum Bread Texas pennantEntry/Object ID
2025.1008.52Description
Pink 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. "EAT HOLSUM BREAD" on the header.Context
Battleship Texas arrived in Scapa Flow on February 11, 1918, where she joined the British Grand Fleet. She patrolled the North Sea throughout 1918, escorted the German High Seas Fleet to surrender on November 21, and departed the Grand Fleet on December 1, 1918.
Holsum Bread Company made pennants of US and foreign warships as a promotion for their company.Collection
Donation (Ryan Flynn), Historical CollectionsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
