Black and white photograph of Captain Bark in a movie made by Ben Huntley. Photo taken in front of Merchants National bank on 3rd street. People waling in the background of the photo in street clothing. Captain Bark leaning on hood of auto.
Photograph of the Members of "His Awakening" cast and few friends "filling up" at lunch Hour. Taken at the country home of Dr. Mayo in Rochester, Minn. Howard Huntley upper left and Myrtle Huntley and her mother in the lower center of photo.
Private mailing postcard for Ben and Myrtle Huntley Entertainers of Winona, Minnesota. The message on the postcard reads: "I'm Growing so's my Pa's Show. My Papa, my Mamma and I extend best wishes for the New Year. I hope to see you this season. Howard Huntley."
Printed pass for entrance to a Huntley's Famous Pictures. "This credential has been extended as a personal courtesy and will be turned down if presented by any other party than the individual named above. This may be reserved at the seat sale before 6 pm. Will not be reserved at the door. Ben Huntley Sole owner Huntley's Famous Pictures."
"A Day at Our Saint Paul Concordia" is a black and white, silent film that documents the lifestyle of a student at Concordia College, Saint Paul in the 1920s and 1930s. The film includes shots of the campus, dormitories, classroom instruction, a gymnasium class, a baseball game, and clips from a graduation ceremony. The film highlights many of Concordia's early professors: Martin A. H. Graebner (President), Herman Wollaeger, William Moenkemoeller, Ernest Lussky, Oswald Overn, Fred Wahlers, William Dobberfuhl, E. G. Richard Siebert, Paul Stor, and Oliver Harstad.
This black and white, silent film shows various views of the Minnehaha Falls city park in the spring of 1928. Interspersed are placards quoting Longfellow's poem "The Song of Hiawatha." This film has beautiful shots of the falls during the spring thaw and of the park during the early years of its existence. Minnehaha Falls has been a destination spot on tours of the Twin Cities for new students at Concordia.
This black and white, silent film documents the statue's unveiling on October 30, 1921. The bronze statue was a gift to our campus by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rubbert of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The statue was modeled after a Luther monument in Worms, Germany, and designed by German sculptor Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel. It was cast by the Flour City Ornamental Iron Company of Minneapolis. The statue is over 12 feet high, stands on a pedestal of St. Louis granite, and weighs over 40 tons. On the day of the unveiling, there were more than 3,000 people present. Myrtle Rubbert Buenger, daughter of the donors and daughter-in-law of Concordia's President Theodore Buenger, pulled the cord to unveil the statue. Since the unveiling in the original location at Luther Hall, the statue has moved twice and now resides near the entrance to campus at the Lutheran Memorial Center. The Martin Luther Statue is a significant campus landmark for Concordia University, Saint Paul. The statue has resided in v
