Button, Promotional
2019.1836.003
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Title
1949 Anoka Halloween ButtonCreation Date
1949Dimensions
1 3/4 inch H x 2 7/8 inches W
Description
1949 Anoka Halloween pinback button. It is shaped and designed like a football with an orange background and a black jack-o'-lantern pumpkin. Black text reads: "Pumpkin Bowl - Halloween Capital - Anoka, Minn. - Oct. 31, 1949". This was the second year that the Pumpkin Bowl was held as an official event, and the first year the Anoka Halloween button was connected to it. The previous year in 1948 a regularly scheduled Anoka High School football game fell on Halloween, and the decision was made to continue that deliberately in the following years.Related People and Organizations
Anoka Halloween, Inc.