Minnesota-1958: Gopher State Parade Float with Tipi, Costumed Riders and Top-Hatted Man

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · Minnesota, United States

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What is in this clip

statehood centennial
small-town parade
civic celebration
pageant costume
state identity
community tradition
1950s Americana
period depiction of Native Americans

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static · slightly low angle from the roadside
Setting: outdoor · tree-lined residential street with lawns, a sidewalk and parked cars along a parade route
Time and weather: daytime · summer · overcast or hazy bright
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight under a bright pale sky
People: 7 · A standing man in a top hat and long dark coat, several seated riders including children in feathered headdresses, red dresses and fringed costume, and a child in a red shirt and dark hat.
Vehicles: parade float · early-1950s dark sedan · light-coloured 1950s car · pale blue parked car
Objects: parade float · tipi · feathered headdresses · top hat · date cards reading 1958 and 1858 · green float skirt with white lettering · white fringe trim · round road sign
Readable signs: GOPHER STATE · 1958 · 1858
Colors: green · pale cyan · burlap brown · red · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The front of the float enters with a tipi, passing a parked light-coloured car.
The GOPHER STATE lettering slides into view as costumed riders appear behind the tipi.
A man in a top hat and long dark coat stands among seated riders in feathered headdresses.
The rear of the float passes, showing a child in red and a card reading 1858.
The float clears the frame, leaving a parked sedan and a round road sign on the street.

Gopher State Parade Float with Tipi, Costumed Riders and... — Clip Details

Duluth area, Minnesota, 1958 home movie footage of a parade float lettered GOPHER STATE rolling past the camera on a tree-lined street. A burlap-coloured tipi with a red patterned top comes first, carrying a card that reads 1958, followed by seated riders in feathered headdresses and fringed costume and a standing man in a top hat and long dark coat. A second card on the float reads 1858. Filmed handheld from the curb in one 8mm colour shot, with early-1950s cars parked behind and a round road sign showing as the float clears.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000571

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Minnesota, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for 1958 Minnesota statehood centennial celebrations and for 1950s small-town American parade scenes shot on real amateur film.
Period detail: Cards reading 1858 and 1958, a hand-built float with GOPHER STATE lettering, pageant costume and early-1950s sedans parked at the curb date the scene to the centennial year.
Home-movie behavior: A spectator at the roadside holds the camera on one float as it rolls by, catching riders mid-conversation and a child raising an arm to the crowd.
What appears in frame: A burlap-brown tipi with a red top, a green float skirt lettered GOPHER STATE, riders in feathered headdresses, a man in a top hat, two date cards, parked cars and leafy street trees.
Film character: 8mm colour stock with soft focus, visible grain, a cool green cast in foliage and sky, light vignetting and fine vertical scratches from projection.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat inside a parade sequence, with the readable lettering giving an editor a state identifier in one shot.
Historical context: Minnesota marked its statehood centennial throughout 1958, and the float's tipi and feathered costume show how such pageants of the period staged state history.
Research note: Film copyright is separate from likeness: riders including children are visible though softly focused, and the costume depiction of Native Americans calls for editorial care.
Research search match: 1958 Minnesota centennial parade, Gopher State float, 1950s small-town parade 8mm, parade float with tipi, Duluth area home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's railway fire engine, pipe band, colour guard and clown band clips, then other 1958 Minnesota footage, then 1950s Midwest parades.

Still Frames From This Clip

Tipi at the front of the Gopher State parade float passing parked early-1950s cars in the Duluth area of Minnesota, 1958, on 8mm film. — The front of the float enters the frame: a tipi carrying a 1958 card, with parked cars behind.
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Gopher State float in a 1958 Minnesota centennial-year parade, with costumed riders, a top-hatted man and a tipi, from an 8mm home movie. — GOPHER STATE in white block letters, with costumed riders and a man in a top hat beside the tipi.
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Whole Gopher State float seen from the roadside in the Duluth area, Minnesota, 1958, with a child, costumed riders, top-hatted man and tipi. — The whole float in view, from the child at the rear to the tipi at the front.
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Rear of the Gopher State float showing an 1858 card, marking Minnesota's statehood year, in a 1958 parade filmed on 8mm. — The back of the float carries a card reading 1858 as it moves off past lawns and a sidewalk.
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