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St. Paul Ice Carnival

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival, bouncing — an instantaneous view. Circle of men in a residential area tossing a person in the air.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Ice Palace

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Description: The ice palace at the St. Paul Ice Carnival. People are on and around a scaffold in the left foreground carving busts out of ice. Blocks of ice are on the ...
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St. Paul Ice Carnival Elk Team

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Description: A man in an elk-drawn sleigh is posing in front of the ice castle "Borealis" at the St. Paul Ice Carnival. Several people are looking on.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Chamber of Commerce Tent

Date: 02 1886
Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival, view of ice palace. Chamber of Commerce tent in front advertises St. Paul as the geographic center of the continent. Horse-drawn sle...
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St. Paul Ice Carnival Elk Sleigh

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival; Elk pulling sleigh outside palace. There is a crowd posing and looking at the camera. A sign on the palace reads: "Borealis."
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Ice Palace

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Main entrance and central tower of ice palace. One person is walking in the foreground, and another person is standing under the ent...
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Labyrinth

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival labyrinth. There are spectators on the bridge overlooking the ice labyrinth.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Waiting for the Royal Family

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Men in white fur suits are standing in front of ice palace with horses.
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Sioux Indians at St. Paul Ice Carnival

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Description: A Sioux woman is sitting on the ground, and two Sioux men are standing in front of tepees.
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Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Date: 1912
Description: John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i...
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St. Paul Flax Twine Mill

Date: 1906
Description: Men unloading flax straw from railroad cars in front of Storage Building No. 3 at International Harvester's St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill.
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Minnehaha Cleaners Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Uniformed man stands with boxes at the back of an International model D-2 truck with 102-inch wheelbase and Metro body. The truck was owned by the Minnehah...
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Men Moving Cargo at St. Paul Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers unloading a rail car on a loading dock at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption reads: "Medium Caliber Artillery Gun M...
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Preparing St. Paul Works for Gun Manufacture

Date: 09 19 1941
Description: Factory workers use a crane mounted on a truck to unload a transformer on the loading dock of International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption re...

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