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Text on Button JUNIOR KEY FUN ST. PAUL WINTER CARNIVAL 1951
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White text on blue background surrounding a white and red illustration of a woman twirling a baton and leaning on a St. Paul Winter Carnival sign. Button has a silver bell attached to the bottom.

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"The St. Paul Winter Carnival, a city-wide festival featuring a week of parades, ice sculptures, sporting events, and other outdoor activities, was begun in 1885 as the St. Paul Ice Palace Winter Carnival Association. The first carnivals were held 1886-1888 and 1896. They were revived in 1916 and 1917. Beginning again in 1937, they continued through 1942, resuming on a permanent basis in 1946."

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St. Paul Winter Carnival Association: An Inventory of Its Association Records. (n.d.). Collection Finding Aids. Retrieved January 28, 2013, from http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00205.xml

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