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Dorsey, Ida (1866–1918)

Employing the racial prejudices and fantasies of elite male clients once used against her, Ida Dorsey established herself as one of the Twin Cities’ most notorious madams, running multiple brothels between the 1880s and the 1910s. As a woman of color in an industry dominated by white women, she demonstrated herself an adept entrepreneur and real estate owner when most women had neither income nor property.

1996 Polaris catalog

1996 Polaris sales catalog. From Polaris 1996 Snowmobiles (Minneapolis: Polaris, 1995). Available at the Minnesota Historical Society library as TL234.2 P64 1995.

1970 Polaris brochure

The cover of this 1970 sales brochure featured Polaris’s full snowmobile line. From “Pamphlets relating to snowmobiles and snow cruisers, 1939–.” Pamphlets collection (TL234), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

1969 Polaris Playmate

Promotional photo of the 1969 Polaris Playmate, including wheel kit.

1969 Polaris Colt

Photograph Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Publicity photo of the 1969 Polaris Colt.

1969 Polaris Charger

Publicity photo of the 1969 Polaris Charger.

1969 Polaris Voyager

Publicity photo of the 1969 Polaris Voyager.

1969 Polaris brochure

: Sales brochure featuring the 1969 Polaris Mustang. From “Pamphlets relating to snowmobiles and snow cruisers, 1939–.” Pamphlets collection (TL234), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

1967 Winter Carnival snowmobile race

Polaris sleds dominated the 1967 St. Paul Winter Carnival “500” snowmobile race. From envelope titled “Snowmobile race, January 1967, trans returned,” box 612 of the
Minneapolis and St. Paul Newspaper Negatives Collection (1936–1987), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

1961 Sno-Traveler

1961 Polaris Sno-Traveler. This snowmobile was originally painted red and was decorated with white stenciling, decals, and pinstripes.

Gale Family Library