Polaris sleds dominated the 1967 St. Paul Winter Carnival “500” snowmobile race. From envelope titled “Snowmobile race, January 1967, trans returned,” box 612 of the Minneapolis and St. Paul Newspaper Negatives Collection (1936–1987), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

1967 Winter Carnival snowmobile race

Polaris sleds dominated the 1967 St. Paul Winter Carnival “500” snowmobile race. From envelope titled “Snowmobile race, January 1967, trans returned,” box 612 of the
Minneapolis and St. Paul Newspaper Negatives Collection (1936–1987), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

1968 Minneapolis Aquatennial Skipper pin

1968 Minneapolis Aquatennial Skipper pin

Sales of commemorative “Skipper pins” have financed Aquatennial programming for decades. Many volunteers wear decades worth of pins on their lapels or hats during the festival to highlight their years of service with the organization.

: Sales brochure featuring the 1969 Polaris Mustang. From “Pamphlets relating to snowmobiles and snow cruisers, 1939–.” Pamphlets collection (TL234), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

1969 Polaris brochure

: Sales brochure featuring the 1969 Polaris Mustang. From “Pamphlets relating to snowmobiles and snow cruisers, 1939–.” Pamphlets collection (TL234), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Publicity photo of the 1969 Polaris Charger.

1969 Polaris Charger

Publicity photo of the 1969 Polaris Charger.

Photograph Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul Description: Publicity photo of the 1969 Polaris Colt.

1969 Polaris Colt

Photograph Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Publicity photo of the 1969 Polaris Colt.

Promotional photo of the 1969 Polaris Playmate, including wheel kit.

1969 Polaris Playmate

Promotional photo of the 1969 Polaris Playmate, including wheel kit.

Publicity photo of the 1969 Polaris Voyager.

1969 Polaris Voyager

Publicity photo of the 1969 Polaris Voyager.

The cover of this 1970 sales brochure featured Polaris’s full snowmobile line. From “Pamphlets relating to snowmobiles and snow cruisers, 1939–.” Pamphlets collection (TL234), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

1970 Polaris brochure

The cover of this 1970 sales brochure featured Polaris’s full snowmobile line. From “Pamphlets relating to snowmobiles and snow cruisers, 1939–.” Pamphlets collection (TL234), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Scan of detail of a 1979 Chicano Week flyer (Universityof Minnesota)

1979 Chicano Week flyer

Detail of a flyer promoting Chicago Week at the University of Minnesota, 1979. From the Chicano Studies Department (1968–present) information files collection (box 62, mixed media), University of Minnesota Archives,

Color image of the 1980 Olympic U.S. Hockey team lighting the cauldron at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photographed by Preston Keres on February 8, 2002.

1980 Olympic U.S. Hockey team lights the cauldron at the 2002 Olympics

The 1980 Olympic U.S. Hockey team lights the cauldron at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photograph by Preston Keres.

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