Los Angeles Lakers Pennant
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1974
name: label: referenced
content: Los Angeles Lakers
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 Los Angeles Lakers franchise in the National Basketball Association. The logo displayed on the pennant has been in continuous use by the Lakers, with slight alterations, since the franchise relocated to Los Angeles from Minneapolis for the 1960-61 season. Below the Lakers logo is an outline of their contemporary stadium, the Great Western Forum.
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: 1982.0257.036
label: accession number
content: 1982.0257
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0257.036
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