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Pennant

Object number2018.128.3

Date1912

MediumFelt

Credit LineIn memory of Carolyn Coulter Morton

DescriptionTriangular felt pennant. Isosceles triangle with viewer's left third made of light gray felt with applied yellow felt text and the viewer's right two-thirds made of yellow felt with applied light gray felt text; the two sections meet with a zig-zag line. At the viewer's left end is a yellow felt band with a light gray and yellow tail in each corner. Reverse is undecorated.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 16.25 x 36.5 x 0.375 in. (41.3 x 92.7 x 1 cm)
InscriptionsFront of pennant has applied yellow text on the viewer's left " '12 " and applied light gray text on the viewer's right "B.H.S."
Historical NotesBrownsville High School pennant that belonged to Carolyn Kelsey Coulter and her sister Margaret Lawson Coulter. Both sisters attended the 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. The pennants were donated by Carolyn's daughter. 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 institution Brownsville High School

Previous owner Carolyn Kelsey Coulter

Previous owner Margaret Lawson Coulter

Related person Charles Coulter (born 1895)

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