Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
Inclusive Dates
1927 – 1966
Bulk Dates
1931 – 1958
Preservation Sponsor
Susan Hayes
Abstract
This 16mm home movie collection documents the Cring family of St. Louis, Missouri. Highlights of the collection include its railroad footage, Brentwood High School football games, an entertaining teenage dance party and a rare glimpse of Charles Lindbergh at a Mexican bull fight. This collection is sponsored by Susan Hayes.
Collection Items
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Items with Viewable Media
- 1927 (circa): Charles Lindbergh at Mexican Rodeo
- 1927 (circa): Rodeo and Bullfight
- 1930s: Cahill Wedding - San Francisco
- 1930s: Cuba - Miami
- 1930s: Panama
- 1931: Christmas, Dorothy & Bob - George and Model A - Balance of Film
- 1931 (circa): Baseball
- 1931 (circa): Portland, Chinatown & San Francisco
- 1931 Indianapolis, Fall - Thanksgiving 1937 - Maplewood 1933
- 1931: San Francisco Bay - Muir Woods - Western Pacific - Royal Gorge
- 1932: Denison, Texas, 50 yrs.
- 1932: Missouri Kansas Texas (Katy) RR Veterans - pins
- 1932: SP Train out of Los Angeles Olympics
- 1932: Veterans Banquet
- 1932: Veterans Day - Burns
- 1933-1940: Thanksgiving 1933 - 1940 Baby Pictures
- 1933: Claremont - Claude Ben Resser, Christin
- 1933: Golf Claremont - Oakland, CA (?)
- 1933: Handwriting Script
- 1933: Lake Dallas
- 1933: Urbandale Stables
- 1934: Mexico
- 1935: Death Valley, Boulder Dam, Los Angeles
- 1935: Deer - San Antonio
- 1935: Mexico - Chapultepec Palace, Bordon Gardens (?), etc.
- 1935: Mexico - Silver Factory, Taxco
- 1935: New Years 1
- 1935: New Years 2
- 1936: House #1
- 1936: House #2
- 1936: House #3
- 1936: House #4
- 1936: Scenes on the Western Pacific
- 1937: Mexico, Mrs. Sloan, Andy McBirny, Clarence, Picnic
- 1938 (circa): Rio Grande Valley Pictures
- 1938: Palm Springs #1
- 1938: Palm Springs #2
- 1939 Picnic: Irene, Lucille, Marjorie, Christ & Gail, backyard
- 1940: Susan part 1
- 1941-1943: Susan part 2
- 1941 July: Dallas - Fred & Kathleen, Susan
- 1941: Mexico - Senator Reed
- 1942: Hunting
- 1944: Mexico - Noriegas, Chapultepec Castle
- 1945-1947: Susan part 4
- 1945: Missouri Band - Susan’s Birthday Party 5 yrs
- 1946: Easter
- 1947 April: Carl and Dees, Murens, Brown
- 1947: Brentwood H.S. Football Game; Jimmy Hill taken by Andy Hill
- 1947 (circa): Jimmy Hill Football - Jack & Sue Muren
- 1947 (circa): Mexican Bull Fights
- 1947 (circa): Part 2 Football Game; Hill or Muren?
- 1948: Susan part 5- Andy Hill & Jimmie Birthday, Goodsons, Shadburne Wedding, Rusty
- 1949: Galveston - Decoration Day - Fred, Kathleen, Baby
- 1949 July: Grand Haven, Michigan
- 1949: Susan’s Birthday July 20 1949
- 1950-1951: Ohio 1951, Grandpa Cring & Susan - Florida Vacation 1950
- 1950: Highway to Cuernavaca Feb. 1950; Susan & twins, shower on lawn, May 1950
- 1950: Mexico - Morfas & Kimballs, Galinda Hatri, Garden Pool, Flower Garden
- 1950: Race Track - Twins on Lawn at Home
- 1950 Spring: Rusty, Shower, Michael, Mary Anne, Twins, Andy, Ted
- 1951: Birthday - Swimming
- 1951 Easter: Bob, Betty, Cynthia, Mom - Southern Bell Party
- 1951: Irene - Mexico La Salina Trip
- 1951: Irene & Susan in Mexico City
- 1951: Irene & Susan in Mexico City
- 1951: Mexico - Cuernavaca, Houovap (?), etc
- 1951: Mexico, Xashorlcho[?]
- 1951: Ozarks Vacation - Rhymers Ranch, Marissa, Edna’s
- 1951: Sal (?) Arizona Trip
- 1951: School Picnic Fifth Grade, 11 years
- 1951 Vacation: Ozarks - Rymers Ranch
- 1952 (circa): Wedding Party; Birthday; Mary Ann Hill
- 1952 July: Birthday, Susan & Thermopolis, Wyoming
- 1952: Mexico Trip, Irene & Susan, Fred’s home (Dallas), Kathleen, Rickey
- 1952: Pray, Montana
- 1953 (circa): Crowd at Eisenhower Inauguration
- 1953 (circa): Wickenburg, Arizona Horseback Riding
- 1953: Easter with Susan, Patty Klick, John Scott, Mother, Daddy
- 1953: Kay El Bar Ranch, Wickenburg, AZ
- 1953: Susan’s Xmas Party, Dancing, etc.
- 1953: Wickenburg, Ariz., horseback riding
- 1955: Florida Vacation: Bob, Betty, Susan & Cynthia
- 1955: Thanksgiving 1955, Bob and Betty’s House
- 1958: Susan’s Prom - Dinner Party
- 1966: John Barringer
Collection Identifier
C.2008-02
Extent of Collection
90 reels of 16mm. film totaling 11,935 feet
Language Of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to on-site access. Appointments must be made with Chicago Film Archives. Due to the fragile nature of the films, only video copies will be provided for on-site viewing. ** one film Maryanne Hill's Wedding" must not be accessible for 15 years from signing the gift agreement. Nov. 27, 2010
Use Restrictions
Chicago Film Archives owns the rights to the films in this collection.
Creators
Cring, Marquis Ritchey
(was created by)
Marquis Ritchey Cring was born in Belle Center, Ohio. He married Irene Ellerbeck and moved to St. Louis, Missouri where he got a job with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. He was head of advertising and public relations at the MKT. Susan Cring was his only child. They lived at 20 Stratford Lane in Brentwood, Missouri. Marquis Ritchey Cring was a hobbyist filmmaker and often took his camera with him when traveling with the railroad.