1911 Wisconsin Home Coming Pinback Button
date: label: date made
content: ca 1911
label: date made
content: 1911
notes: label: Description
content: This collegiate button has a red background with white (discolored) printing that says, "Wisconsin Homecoming 1911." The button marks the first "homecoming" football game in Wisconsin's history, a game they tied with Minnesota 6-6 at Randall Field in Madison. While the button may be from the game, it is possible that this button is just a token commemorating the first homecoming game. Buttons that were made specifically for the 1911 game said "Wallop Minnesota" rather than what appears on this button. The festivities at the first homecoming included a Friday evening with alumni speakers, refreshments (which consisted of doughnuts, apple cider and cigars) followed by an all-university smoker with vaudeville acts, dinner and reception Saturday after the game.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Wisconsin
topic: label: Subject
content: College
label: Subject
content: Football
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.314637.00297
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 314637.00297
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Object Name
content: button, football
label: Object Name
content: button, collegiate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm