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Duluth Winter Frolic

Duluth Winter Frolic Event Button Museum
Category: 
Event
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Text on Button: 
50 CENTS DULUTH WINTER FROLIC 1927 FEB. 14 TO 19 - DULUTH, MINN.
Image Description: 

Illustration of snowman wearing top hat and skis in center with two fir trees in background.  Concentric circles of orange in the center, white and a blue border.  Text in black, orange and white.

Back Paper / Back Info: 

THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO.
BUTTONS, BADGES, NOVELTIES AND SIGNS (union bug)
NEWARK, N.J.

Back Style: 
Unlocking pin
The Shape: 
Circle
The Size: 
1 1/2 inch
Year / Decade Made: 
1927
1920s
The Manufacturer: 
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
Additional Information: 

The Duluth Winter Frolic was a winter event that began in 1926. The Frolic included sports events, like ski-jumping tournaments, hockey, skating and baseball on ice. It also included a parade, luncheons, dinners, costume contests, and a ball that crowned a Winter Frolic Queen.

Chase, Barrett. 2010. "So, When Do We Bring Back the Winter Frolic?" Perfect Duluthday. Online: https://www.perfectduluthday.com/2010/01/20/so-when-do-we-bring-back-the-winter-frolic/

Catalog ID: 
EV0339
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