A Minnesota Vikings advertising poster, sponsored by SuperAmerica, 1982.

For more things football, come to St. Paul and see our new exhibit, Gridiron Glory opening tomorrow, September 24!

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A color postcard showing how the Betty Crocker character has changed from 1936 to 1981.

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A small promotional tape measure from Duffy’s concert venue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, circa 1980s.

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A Walter Mondale presidential campaign button with the Norwegian translation of Mondale’s campaign catchphrase, “Where’s the beef?”, 1984.

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A button that reads, “Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa – 21st Annual Pow-wow / August 21, 22, 23, 1987″ in white on a blue background with a picture of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe tribal logo.

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A photograph of Nolan Ryan pitching during the 1985 MLB All-Star Game at the Metrodome on July 16th, 1985.

This image forms part of our Minneapolis and St. Paul Newspaper Negative collection. Additional photographs in this series may be available in the library, please view the finding aid here.

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A bright green steel toy farm tractor with black plastic details & black plastic tires hauling matching rectangular steel farm trailer with ‘Tonka’ decal, in original package with ‘Tonka Farm Tractor & Wagon/…’, model number 2710, by Tonka Toys, Spring Park, MN, 1985.

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A small bronze sculpture titled “Flight”, made by Minnesota artist Paul Granlund in 1980.

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A “Jarts” lawn game in original box, circa 1970-1988. The sale of lawn darts was banned in the 1980s after thousands of injuries and 3 deaths (from 1970-1988).

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A Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro presidential campaign button promoting the 4th Annual Democrat Bluegrass Family Picnic in 1984.

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