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This Day in Minnesota History

November 23, 1973

Senator and former presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey appears as the "Man of the Week" on NBC's Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. The "Rat Pack" crooner turned comic introduces Humphrey as a "man who has spent a lifetime in politics with an unblemished record; he never took a bribe and never spied on his opponents; he never committed a crime; which is why he's here tonight and not in the White House."

Cootie game in its original 1966 packaging

Cootie game in its original 1966 packaging

Cootie game in its original cardboard packaging, manufactured in 1966.

Completed Cootie figure

Completed Cootie figure

Completed Cootie, Schaper Manufacturing Company, 1966.

Herbert Schaper and children

Herbert Schaper and children

Herbert Schaper and children looking at the Cootie game, ca. 1965.

Stadium Checkers

Stadium Checkers

Stadium Checkers, Schaper Manufacturing Company Game, 1953–1960.

Squares game

Squares game

Squares game manufactured by W.H. Schaper Manufacturing Company, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, ca. 1950–1963.

Skunk dice game

Skunk dice game

Skunk dice game made by W. H. Schaper Manufacturing Company, Incorporated of Minneapolis, ca. 1950–1960.

Put and Take game

Put and Take game

Put and Take game. Manufactured by Schaper Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1956.

Filming a TV commercial for Stadium Checkers and the Cootie game

Filming a TV commercial for Stadium Checkers and the Cootie game

Television advertising for Stadium Checkers and the Cootie game, WMIN TV, Minneapolis, 1954.

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