Creation Date

1929
1929

Description

Banner: Minnesota State Fair Champion banner. The banner is 18" wide x 24" long. The front of the banner is purple bonded silk. The back of the banner is black cotton?. The front of the banner has gold writing and a gold edging of a leaf and flower design. The top edge of the banner has a gold braid and gold braided loops around a gold wooden dowel. The dowel has larger rounded ends. There is a bronze hanging chain attached to the dowel. The bottom edge of the banner has 3 points with a gold thread braided edging and a 1 3/4" long metallic gold fringe. Printed in gold on the banner is "MINNESOTA/STATE FAIR/and/Northwest Livestock Show/1929/(gold double circle with green four leaf clover in the center circle with a gold "H" in each leaf and "BOY'S AND GIRL'S CLUB/(bow)" in between the two circles)." Underneath the circle is "CHAMPION/DAIRY/TEAM" The banner was awarded to Cletus Hallquist, Hay Creek Township, and Ralph Grant, Burnside Township for a 4-H demonstration for 1st place at the Minnesota State Fair in 1929 for producing clean milk. After winning the state championship, Grant and Hallquist put on the same demonstration at the National Dairy Show in St. Louis MO where they won third place.
Banner: Minnesota State Fair Champion banner. The banner is 18" wide x 24" long. The front of the banner is purple bonded silk. The back of the banner is black cotton?. The front of the banner has gold writing and a gold edging of a leaf and flower design. The top edge of the banner has a gold braid and gold braided loops around a gold wooden dowel. The dowel has larger rounded ends. There is a bronze hanging chain attached to the dowel. The bottom edge of the banner has 3 points with a gold thread braided edging and a 1 3/4" long metallic gold fringe. Printed in gold on the banner is "MINNESOTA/STATE FAIR/and/Northwest Livestock Show/1929/(gold double circle with green four leaf clover in the center circle with a gold "H" in each leaf and "BOY'S AND GIRL'S CLUB/(bow)" in between the two circles)." Underneath the circle is "CHAMPION/DAIRY/TEAM" The banner was awarded to Cletus Hallquist, Hay Creek Township, and Ralph Grant, Burnside Township for a 4-H demonstration for 1st place at the Minnesota State Fair in 1929 for producing clean milk. After winning the state championship, Grant and Hallquist put on the same demonstration at the National Dairy Show in St. Louis MO where they won third place.