Pennant, Promotional
Object number2018.128.1
Date1915
MediumFelt; Paint
Credit LineIn memory of Carolyn Coulter Morton
DescriptionTriangular blue felt pennant. Blue isosceles triangle with off-white felt band at viewer's left end featuring two pairs of off-white felt tails; tails are knotted at base. Front of pennant at the viewer's left has painted scene of a river running under a cast iron bridge with bordering buildings and a decorative white oval frame; at viewer's right is off-white painted event information. Reverse is blue felt and undecorated.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (with tails laying naturally): 12.625 x 33.5 x 0.5 in. (32.1 x 85.1 x 1.3 cm)InscriptionsBridge scene has painted white text at top center "First Cast Iron Bridge / built in America".
Front of pennant has painted white text at the viewer's right end "BROWNSVILLE'S / CENTENNIAL OCT. 4-8 / HOME WEEK".
Historical NotesSouvenir pennant from Brownsville’s Centennial Home Week in 1915. The celebration took place from October 4-8 and commemorated the incorporation of South Brownsville (March 9, 1814,) Brownsville (January 9, 1815,) and West Brownsville (August 22, 1849). Donor Margaret Mima's ancestors are from Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and were very active in the community. Charles Coulter (b. 1895) was raised in Brownsville. As a young man he worked for the Pittsburgh, Brownsville, and Geneva Packet Company and later worked for the hardware store of his father, John Coulter. Charles Coulter was a childhood friend of astronomer John Brashear, with whom he kept a lifelong correspondence. His daughters, Margaret Lawson Coulter and Carolyn Kelsey Coulter, attended Brownsville High School and graduated in 1912. Carolyn Coulter later attended Penn Hall for music but left school to be married in 1925. She taught piano lessons for many years.
Related person
Charles Coulter
(born 1895)
Related person
Carolyn Kelsey Coulter
Related person
Margaret Lawson Coulter
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