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1. Children's Storybook "A Child's Dream" from Member of Amateur Cinema League/The World Wide Organization of Amateur Movie Makers, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1940 - 1950?
Description:
Children's Storybook "A Child's Dream" from Member of Amateur Cinema League/The World Wide Organization of Amateur Movie Makers; Woman reading a child a book "At the Zoo." Child falls asleep and movie shows scenes from a zoo. Child wakes up.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

2. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, city parades, Johnsburg, Minnesota and Meyer, Iowa

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1940; 1955; 1959
Description:
Home video of three area parades. Movie includes: 00:26 First Parade - Johnsburg, Minnesota 1940; 06:45 Second Parade - Meyer, Iowa 1955; 12:56 Third Parade - Johnsburg, Minnesota 1959. The parade was in celebration of the centennial of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church of Johnsburg, Minnesota. The final portion of the tape is of Gilbert Heimer�s Christmas decorations. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

3. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, family and weddings, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1946 - 1947
Description:
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson, showing various family members outside of his house in Adams, Minnesota; 3:43 Unknown campus; 4:20 Unknown neighborhood with family members in various activities including swimming and boating; 6:50 Weddings of Nordeen's two sons, Vance and Muriel Torgerson (1946) and Roy and Lorraine Torgerson (1947) at Little Cedar Lutheran Church in Adams, Minnesota; 9:40 Family vacation Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

4. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, farming practices, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1941
Description:
Home movie of farming practices, machinery, and animals in rural Mower County. Member of Austin Camera Club, 1941. "Sky-Earth and the Work of Man." 00:13 Beef cattle; 02:26 Fieldwork with horses; 03:02 Poultry with children; 04:53 Child feeding squirrel; 05:43 Toddler chewing gum with chicks; 07:11 Making Hay; 09:10 Harvesting wheat; 11:00 Threshing; 13:55 Making corn sileage, eating lunch; 15:03 Pigs, children feeding sheep a bottle; cats; 16:14 Picking corn; 18:08 Geese and turkeys; 18:56 Pumpkins and corn pile; 19:30 Swine, corn, man on horse; 20:40 Horse herding beef cattle; 21:04 Fieldwork, plowing; 22:15 Surveying and tiling; 23:00 Collapsed shed; 24:15 Outbuildings on fire; 25:00 Fall leaves and car, Nordeen Torgerson (1890-1967) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

5. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, Great Lakes, possibly North Shore of Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1938
Description:
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson "Our Great Lakes Cruise, 1938" includes Grand Hotel in Michigan, Canada, ticker tape parade. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

6. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, Little Cedar Lutheran Church and Parochial School, Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation, Adams, Minnesota and St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1940 - 1949; 1959
Description:
Home movie of Little Cedar Lutheran Church celebrations, the congregation, parochial students in Adams, and Assembly of Lutheran World Federation in St. Paul. 00:09 Little Cedar Lutheran Church celebration in Adams, Minnesota. 03:40 Little Cedar Lutheran Parochial School students; 07:20 Norwegian tea at Little Cedar Lutheran Church; 08:40 Little Cedar Lutheran Church 95th Anniversary Celebration, 1954; 12:30 Third Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation held in front of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, 1957; 18:51 Little Cedar Lutheran Church celebration. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

7. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of Adams High School, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1938 - 1939
Description:
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. Adams High School building, school busses, students, playground, lawn mowing football game, cheerleaders, fans; 5:30 Students examining corn in field; 6:05 Neighbors in Adams, Minnesota. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

8. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of a large Parade/Aquatennial, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1940 - 1950?
Description:
Home movie of Aquatennial Parade in Minneapolis, Minnesota, including marching bands and floats. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

9. 1954 Nordeen Torgerson home movie of an Old Car Parade, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Home movie of parade of old cars and a float of the Rochester Centennial Queen. Rochester Centennial was in 1954. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

10. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of man with corn harvest, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1940 - 1950?
Description:
Home movie of man standing in front of a corn pile. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

11. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of parades, tornado, Memorial Day service, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1944-1945
Description:
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. Family vacation including, boating, waterskiing, fishing; 3:00 Zoo and stage performances; 6:45 Adams High School Cheerleaders; 7:00 Boating, Fishing; 8:30 Parade with marching bands including the Adams High School marching band; 10:00 Farming/harvesting; 11:30 Memorial Day service at Marshall Lutheran Church in rural Adams, Minnesota; 13:20 Snowplowing and shoveling; 14:00 Wind damage or tornado in unknown location; 16:00 Parade-location unknown; 16:30 Zoo; 17:30 Iceskating; flower gardening, backyard pond, horseback riding. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

12. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of St. Paul Winter Carnival and Cole Brothers Circus, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1937
Description:
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. 1937 Ice Carnival probably in St. Paul, Minnesota. Parade includes floats from 3M, Brown and Bigelo, Ford dealers; 6:10 Circus Days featuring the Cole Brothers Circus most likely at the fairgrounds in Austin, Minnesota; 12:30 Clyde Beatty Circus most likely at the fairground in Austin, Minnesota. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

13. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of the Aquatennial Parade, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1940 - 1950
Description:
Home movie of Aquatennial Parade in Minneapolis, Minnesota, including marching bands and floats. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

14. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of White Horses Show at the Fairgrounds and the Air Show at Decker Field, Austin, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
194-1950
Description:
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. White Horse Show probably at the fairgrounds in Austin, Minnesota-stage show, horses; 5:40 Air show at Decker Field at the Austin Municipal Airport in Austin, Minnesota. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

15. Silent film, "A Day at Our Saint Paul Concordia," Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Concordia College (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1929
Description:
"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.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Short subjects

16. Silent film, "Minnehaha Falls, Twin Cities Minnesota," Concordia College, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Concordia College (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1928-04
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Short subjects

17. Silent film, "Thousands Attend Unveiling of Martin Luther Statue at Concordia College, October 30, 1921" St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Concordia College (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1921-10-21
Description:
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
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Short subjects

18. 1958 4th of July Parade-Minnesota Centennial, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:
Schaffer, Emil
Date Created:
1958
Description:
Home movie of Fourth of July parade in Adams, Minnesota. Celebrating Minnesota's Centennial. Photography by Emil Schaffer
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies
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