Penn. State (with an abbreviation mark)

[Thus Spoke Mainer]

Apparently out-of-state papers 100 years ago thought this was correct.

Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, November 12, 1921, Image 1

Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, November 12, 1921, Image 1, brought to you by University of Maryland, College Park, MD, and the National Digital Newspaper Program.

chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

 

[psu1969a]

It was. The name of the university is Pennsylvania State University, also known as: Pa. State University or Penn. State University or Penna. State University. No were is the abbreviation of Pennsylvania --- Penn!