Business Card - "Special Photographic Art Studies for Trade "The Huntley's" Commercial Designing and Photography Expert Projectionists, Motion Picture Equipment, Theatre Advertising Slides Ben A. Huntley Winona, Minn.
Catalog from the third annual art exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Variant title: Third annual art exhibition. Illustration of a standing right facing eagle printed on front cover. Advertisement for Minneapolis School of Fine Arts on back cover; general advertisements at back (pages 27-32). Includes artist biographical information and their addresses. Includes names of individuals who lent items to the exhibition. 32 unnumbered pages.
Drypoint etching of a Mexican church building signed "Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn." Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
Drypoint etching of a coast landscape signed "Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn." Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
This photograph shows the members of the Essler Mandolin Club in St. Peter. From left to right, the men are: Charlie Volk, Joe Rhiner, John Essler, Stephen Spiess (note the incorrect spelling on the photograph), Fred Veith, and George Essler.
The Hendricks Band is posing for a picture holding their instruments. Thirteen members are dressed in coat and ties holding instruments, drums, trumpets, clarinets, and tubas.
This oil painting by John Ruikka (April 16, 1880, to May, 1965) depicts the original Palkki gristmill, which was built on the Midway River and located on property of pioneer Erick Palkki. It was used from 1878 to approximately 1916, was built by pioneers to grind grain into flour, and was water powered. Please note that the original spelling, in Finnish, is "Palkki." The spelling as "Palkie" is an Americanized spelling of the name.
Roosevelt Marching Club program for "The Viking: A Comic Opera in Three Acts," listing cast, synopsis, and songs from each act. Also includes description and member list of Roosevelt Club and advertisements with drawings and photographs. The play was performed at the Mankato Theatre in Mankato, the Lyceum Theatre in Minneapolis, and the Lyceum Theatre in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Advertising sample by "Huntley of Oshkosh - Designing and Engraving - None Better." Pen and ink drawing of a horse by Ben Huntley, has been transfered into an engraving print.
Several young men and women are singing from the Best Hymns Hymnbook. They are all dressed up and with a blackboard on the wall it looks as though they are in a school building.