Color image of a papier-mâché vejigante mask made by Puerto Rican-Minnesotan artist and musician Ricardo Gómez c.1995.

Papier-mâché Vejigante mask

Papier-mâché vejigante mask made by Puerto Rican-Minnesotan artist and musician Ricardo Gómez c.1995. The mask was originally worn with an accompanying jump suit at parades, festivals, and performances of Gómez's Bomba & Plena group, Proyecto La Plena. The vejigante is a Puerto Rican folklore character that appears in many festival celebrations.

Parade float for W.R. Stephens Buick, ca. 1950

Parade float for W.R. Stephens Buick, ca. 1950

W. R. “Win” Stephens was one of the original organizers of the Aquatennial, and played an instrumental role in the festival’s planning and organization for decades on the Board of Directors. Aquatennial Parade Floats [graphics], Sound and Visual Collection Call #I:3. Used with the permission of the Hennepin County History Museum

photograph of children on a parade float wearing Munsingwear long underwear.

Parade float in Oklahoma displaying Munsingwear union suits

Parade float in Oklahoma displaying Munsingwear union suits, c.1908.

Black and white photograph of a parade in Slayton, 1930.

Parade in Slayton

Parade in Slayton, 1930.

Black and white photograph of the Minnesota Home Guard on parade in St. Paul, 1917.

Parade of Minnesota Home Guard in St. Paul

Minnesota Home Guard on parade in St. Paul, 1917. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch.

Portrait of Paramahansa Yogananda, a Hindu spiritual leader and teacher of priya yoga, ca. 1920.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Portrait of Paramahansa Yogananda, a Hindu spiritual leader and teacher of priya yoga, ca. 1920.

Parched wild rice

Parched wild rice

Parched wild rice at Nett Lake. Photograph by Monroe P. Killy, September 6, 1947.

Parching wild rice at Nett Lake

Parching wild rice at Nett Lake

Bebaa migizi go gaa (Mrs. Peter Fields) uses a traditional Ojibwe method to parch wild rice at Nett Lake. Photograph by Monroe P. Killy, September 1, 1946.

Park at Pine River, ca, 1910s

Park at Pine River, ca, 1910s

Park at Pine River above the dam, ca. 1910s or 1920s. Photograph from Logsleds to Snowmobiles, used with permission of the Pine River Chamber of Commerce.

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