Toncray Family Collection
Inclusive Dates
1928 – 1942
Abstract
Collection of 36 16mm home movies, mostly shot near Grosse Pointe, Michigan in the 1920s and '30s. Labels indicate other films were shot on family vacations to Mackinac Island, Glacier National Park, Florida, Texas, the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, and Camp Interlochen (Michigan).
Collection Items
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Items with Viewable Media
- 1st 2 Films: Peggy Lou and Jean
- 1928-1929: Bitely, Anna Spinning
- 1928-1929: Lake - Summer Reel 2
- 1929 and 1930, Fall and Winter: Jean 7th Birthday, Marlboro
- 1929, Early Summer: Lake
- 1929: Florida Trip Reel 1
- 1929: Florida Trip Reel 2
- 1929, Late Summer: Lake
- 1930 - 1931: Fall, Lake - Dow. E.R. - Ola, Ski Jump. Buckingham
- 1930, Summer: Falls Trip
- 1930, Summer: Lake
- 1930: Texas Trip
- 1931: Summer
- 1932
- 1933: Spring and Summer
- 1933, Summer: Mackinac Island and Worlds Fair Chicago
- 1934, Fall Thru 1935, Spring.
- 1934: Florida Trip
- 1934: Spring Summer
- 1935: Arizona and California Reel 1
- 1935: Arizona and California Reel 2
- 1935: Summer and Fall
- 1936: Florida #1
- 1936: Florida #2
- 1936: Summer
- 1936, Summer: Camp Interlochen
- 1937
- 1937: E.N.T. Glacier Park
- 1937: Florida #1
- 1937: Florida 2
- 1938: Florida
- 1938: Jean England
- 1938: Summer
- 1939 - 1940
- 1939: Florida
- 1940 - 1942: Christmas Florida
Collection Identifier
C.2023-04
Extent of Collection
36 reels of 16mm film totalling 11,590 feet.
Language Of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by the filmmaker's grandson, Tom Kizzia, in 2023.
Use Restrictions
Chicago Film Archives holds the copyright for the films in this collection.
Creators
Toncray, Millard H.
(was created by)
Millard H. Toncray was born in 1892. He was married to Edna “Peg” Newcomer, and the couple had two daughters, Jean and Peggy. The family lived in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan just outside Detroit, where Millard was chief engineer at Hudson Motor Car Company. He liked to hunt and fish in the Northwoods in his off time. He died in 1976.