Featured Pendleton Blanket Questions!

Yvonne77 · Jul 28, 2020

smallaxe said: ↑

The Glacier Park was Pendleton's first Park blanket. Up until 1938, they made it with points, and dropped the points after 1938. I've seen three different label designs. I believe yours is the middle one, chronologically.

There were other mills that made blanket with points besides Hudson Bay. Pendleton did, as indicated above (don't know if they still make any with points). There was Early's Whitney Point Blanket (English), and Baron Woolen Mills of Utah who also made point blankets. I think Early's, and definitely Baron mills are no longer in business. Between the Hudson Bay, the Early's Whitney, and Baron Mills (I have all of them) point blankets, I thought Early's was by far the best quality blanket, but that's just my personal opinion. I don't have a Pendleton to compare, but yours look very nice.
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Wow! Thank you for the info. You all are awesome! I’ll have to look up the Early’s Whitney blankets.

Yvonne77 · Jul 28, 2020

Taupou said: ↑

Yvonne77, Pendleton blankets have been a part of my family for literally generations, so have a special meaning to me. Still, I'm not sure I can answer your questions specifically.

National Park blankets have been made continuously since 1923, some discontinued or offered briefly or reissued, but the Glacier Park and Yellowstone are still made today (although the Yellowstone today is made in a "Marigold" color.) So there have been thousands made, with different tags over the years.

That said, I have never seen these two tags. The ones I've seen always have the animals in a red circle. Which could mean it's a newer one than I've seen, or only made briefly, or not genuine.

You didn't mention if there was a UPC label on the packages. If not, it would mean it was probably produced before 1974.

Since the other blanket tag seems to be from the 1970s, I would presume, with no UPC codes, these are, as well.

Why don't you contact the Pendleton company at:
https://www.pendleton-usa.com/contactus/

Or, better yet, Barry Friedman, the official blanket consultant to Pendleton, whose contact information can be found at:
https://barryfriedmanblankets.com/

I've found him always helpful, and the expert!
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Thank you! I took your advice and reached out to Barry Friedman, he said they are authentic and that label began being used in the 70’s and is still used today. Great info. I also checked for barcodes and there aren’t any.

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