Pennant
Object number2018.128.4
Manufacturer
Schloss Manufacturing Company
Date1914
OriginAthens, OH
MediumFelt
Credit LineIn memory of Carolyn Coulter Morton
DescriptionTriangular felt pennant. Isosceles triangle with viewer's left third made of red orange felt with applied black felt text and the viewer's right two-thirds made of black felt with applied red orange felt text; the two sections meet with a diagonal line. At the viewer's left end is a black felt band with one pair of orange tails in each corner. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 15.125 x 39.625 x 0.25 in. (38.4 x 100.6 x 0.6 cm)InscriptionsFront of pennant has applied black text on the viewer's left "BHS" with the "H" overlapping the "BS"; and applied red orange text on the viewer's right " '14 ".
MarksReverse has white tag at center of short side with black text "MADE BY / SCHLOSS MFG. CO. / ATHENS, OHIO."
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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