Old Settlers Picnic

Old Settlers Picnic Event Button Museum
Category
Event
Club
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Illustrations
Text on Button LE ROY WHISKER CLUB OLD SETTLERS PICNIC JUNE 9-10 1939
Image Description

Illustration of man with a mustache and long beard wearing a sport coat and straw boater hat on a yellow background.  White text on black border around edge of button.
Back Style
Brass locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
2 1/2 inch
Year / Decade Made
1939
1930s
Additional Information

The 1939 Old Settlers Picnic was the 65th Annual picnic held in LeRoy, Minnesota. It was sponsored by the Le Roy Whisker Club. The picnic hosted a plethora of events such as: bands, parades, dances, merry-go-rounds, rides, movies and concessions. As the picnic was sponsored by the Le Roy Whisker Club it also featured a Whisker Contest. The picnic was an opportunity for some of the original Canadian families to settle in the area to meet and mingle with some of the newer families.
Sources

Old Settlers Picnic at Le Roy Friday-Saturday. (1939, June 8). Lime Springs Herald. p.1. Retrieved from https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/36894939/.
Catalog ID EV0347