Visiting "royalty" from Rio’s Carnival, 1963

Visiting "royalty" from Rio’s Carnival, 1963

Visits from parade royalty from around the world, as well as from diplomatic officials served the Aquatennial’s original goal of building business connections between Minnesota and cities both at home and abroad. Minneapolis Aquatennial Souvenir Program Collection, Call # F.613.M93 M52. Used with permission of the Hennepin County History Museum.

aerial photograph of the grounds of the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Visitor Center, Snyder Building Two

An aerial view of the Visitor Center, Snyder building, and some of the grounds of the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

Visitor inside the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Visitor inside the Minneapolis Institute of Art

A man in a fur coat visiting the galleries of the Minneapolis Institute of Art with his camera, 1937. Photo by the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company.

Visitors at Mississippi River headwaters, Itasca State Park

Visitors at Mississippi River headwaters, Itasca State Park

The dam at the Mississippi headwaters as tourist destination, c.1960.

Visitors entering the Germanic-American Institute.

Visitors entering the Germanic-American Institute.

Visitors entering the Germanic-American Institute, ca. 2010s. Used with the permission of the Germanic-American Institute.

Visitors in Franz Jevne State Park

Visitors in Franz Jevne State Park

Visitors enjoy the Rainy River in Franz Jevne State Park. Photograph by Marjorie Savage, 2021. Used with the permission of Marjorie Savage.

Black and white photograph of the Visual Arts building at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, ca. 1970. Photographed by Alan Ominsky.

Visual Arts building at the College of St. Catherine

Visual Arts building at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, ca. 1970. Photographed by Alan Ominsky.

Black and white photograph of Vollbrecht Hardware Store in Hanover, ca. 1906.

Vollbrecht Hardware Store in Hanover

Vollbrecht Hardware Store in Hanover, ca. 1906.

Black and white photograph of volunteer Harold Blickenstaff, c.1944.

Volunteer Harold Blickenstaff

Volunteer Harold Blickenstaff, c.1944. Image is from the Minneapolis Newspaper Collection, Hennepin County Library Special Collections.

Black and white photograph of volunteer Jim Plaugher of Fresno, California, at an x-ray checkup, c.1944.

Volunteer Jim Plaugher of Fresno, California, at an x-ray checkup

Volunteer Jim Plaugher of Fresno, California, at an x-ray checkup, c.1944. Image is from the Minneapolis Newspaper Collection, Hennepin County Library Special Collections.

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