River Pageant Red Wing MINN MN Pin or Pin Back With Water Skier - 1947

Description

This is 1.75 inches in diameter. It has some minor cracking and the one bit of foxing next to the skier. This Pageant was held in 1946 & 1947. Believe it or not the Sport of Water Skiing  was not invented in Florida. It was invented on the Mississippi River in Lake City down river from Red Wing which is in Goodhue County. Alabama, Arizona, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Colorado, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Wisconsin & Washington, D.C.   717