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Published February 10, 2011, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Remembering winter carnivals

Images from and related to the winter carnivals in St. Paul Park and Newport in 1949 and 1950


Diana Gerry and her husband, Harold "China" Gerry," hold the scroll she received when she was named "Princess of Knowledge" for the 1950 winter carnival in St. Paul Park and Newport. The Gerrys live in St. Paul Park. Bulletin photo by Scott Wente.

  • Diana Gerry and her husband, Harold "China" Gerry," hold the scroll she received when she was named "Princess of Knowledge" for the 1950 winter carnival in St. Paul Park and Newport. The Gerrys live in St. Paul Park. Bulletin photo by Scott Wente.
  • Delores Shaver of Cottage Grove looks at an old photograph of herself and others involved in the St. Paul Park Winter Carnivals of 1949 and 1950. Bulletin photo by Scott Wente.
  • The royalty of the 1950 St. Paul Park and Newport winter carnival. Pictured (from left) are Evelyn Seefeldt, Howard Burbank, Janet Gehlsen, Diana Auers, Delores Peterson, Al Wilkie and Lee Bailey.
  • The winter carnivals included the crowning of royalty. In this 1950 photograph, King Howard Burbank crowns Queen Janet Gehlsen. Also pictured (from left) are Diana Auers (now Gerry) and Delores Peterson (now Shaver). Submitted photo.
  • The original scroll naming Diana Auers a princess of the 1950 winter carnival. Diana married Harold "China" Gerry, who also was involved in the carnival 60 years ago. Bulletin photo by Scott Wente.
  • Delores Peterson (now Shaver) is pictured riding in the winter carnival in St. Paul Park and Newport. She was queen of the 1949 carnival. Submitted photo.
  • A button from the 1949 winter carnival.
  • The toboggan races that were part of the 1949 and 1950 St. Paul Park and Newport winter carnivals were captured in this newspaper story.