Washington Bullets Pennant
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1974
name: label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Pennants have been prominently featured in the history of American professional sports. Inscribed with logos, championship seasons, or other notable feats, teams often flew pennants atop their stadiums to display their success. Sports fans have also used pennants to show their allegiance and loyalty to a particular team.
label: Description
content: This pennant (c. 1974) is for the Washington Bullets franchise in the National Basketball Association. The logo displayed on the pennant was used by the Bullets, first in Baltimore then in Washington, from the 1969-70 season through the 1996-97 season. In 1997 the Washington Bullets were renamed the "Wizards."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0257.039
label: accession number
content: 1982.0257
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0257.039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pennant, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 30 in; 30.48 cm x 76.2 cm