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Over many decades, Gumball Vending
machines provided kids with a major
source for mini-pennants. If Mom took
you shopping for groceries, chances are
there were bubble gum machines
stationed between the cashier and the
exit. Depending on your age, the
vending machine offering the
encapsulated mini pennants cost
anywhere from .01 cent to 25. cents. In
the 1980's larger mini-pennants were
produced.
The 1.25" x 2.75" vending machine mini
pennants pictured here can be
attributed to 1953-1958, the years the
Cincinnati ball club was re-named the
Redlegs. The original team name "Reds"
was changed because of post war
communist paranoia. Sixteen pennants
were produced, 8 American League teams, and 8
National League
teams. The pennants attributed to the
1950's have the team name in both block
letter, and script, to the right of a
thick bar, resembling the stick sleeve
on a full size pennant. These pennants
came in a variety of colors for each
team.
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