Vintage Asbury Park, N.J., Pennant with Lady Diver

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Vintage Asbury Park, N.J., Pennant with Lady Diver Your Home TownGreetings from Asbury Park!We offer a very nice vintage collectible pennant from Asbury Park. NJ.. It features a diving lady in swimsuit on red felt. It is in good condition although the appliqué has a small scratch on her left leg and in the P in park. Piece measures 17.5" long (21.5 with the tabs). This pennant is more than a souvenir. It's a piece of history.A pennant is a commemorative flag typically used as a sightseeing souvenir. Traditionally, pennants are made of felt and colorfully fashioned as an eye catcher.Asbury Park is a seaside community located on New Jersey's central coast. It was first developed in 1871 as a residential resort by New York brush manufacturer James Bradley.Along the waterfront Bradley installed the Asbury Park Boardwalk, an orchestra pavilion, public changing rooms and a pier at the south end of the boardwalk. Asbury Park has waxed and waned. As many as 600,000 people a year vacationed in Asbury Park during the summer season in the early years.Over the years, Asbury Park was known for inspiring a generation of artists, photographers and songwriters (including native Bruce Springsteen).Since 2002 onward, the rest of Asbury Park has been in the midst of a cultural, political, and economic revival, led by a burgeoning industry of local read more