1928 Minnesota Homecoming Pinback Button
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: associated institution
content: University of Minnesota
notes: label: Description
content: Round collegiate pinback button marked <i>University of Minnesota Indian Homecoming, 1928.</i>
label: Description
content: The Minnesota Golden Gopher's 1928 homecoming game was against the Chicago Maroons, another member of the Big Ten conference. It was held on October 20, 1928 at Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Gophers would win the game, 33-7.
label: Description
content: Memorial Stadium, also known as the <i>Brick House,</i> was home to Minnesota football from 1924 to 1981. The Gophers won six National Championships, including three consecutively (1934-36,) while playing at Memorial .Although the stadium was demolished in 1992, the original entrance to the stadium is now located inside the McNamara Alumni Center on campus.
label: Description
content: This game in 1928 was known as "<i>Indian Homecoming </i>because that year's Homecoming was given a Native American theme and stereotypical items such teepees and wigwams were set up across campus along with blankets, canoes, and campfires, muddling a variety of Native American customs and artifacts. A group of Blackfoot Indians were brought in from Glacier National Park in Montana to further the theme.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
topic: label: level of sport
content: College
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Football
label: Subject
content: Native Americans
label: Subject
content: Stereotypes
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0566.31
label: accession number
content: 1982.0566
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0566.31
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, collegiate
label: Object Name
content: pin, collegiate
label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm