- Collection:
- Kaliska-Greenblatt Home Movie Collection, circa 1923-1937
- Title:
- Kaliska-Greenblatt home movie collection, circa 1923-1937
- Creator:
- Kaliska, William
- Contributor to Resource:
- Greenblatt, Sidney
- Publisher:
- Kaliska-Greenblatt home movie collection, circa 1923-1937. Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1923/1937
- Subject:
- Kaliska, William
Greenblatt, Sidney
Jones, Harrison, 1887-1967
Michael, Moses
Michael, Moses--Family
Hamm, Ed
Thomason, Stumpy
Jones, Bobby, 1902-1971
Hirsch, Harold
Hirsch, Harold--Travel--Florida--Miami
Hirsch, Harold--Travel--Florida--Miami Beach
Hirsch, Harold--Travel Florida Biscayne Bay
Hirsch, Harold--Family
Stein, Beno
Woodruff, Robert Winship Homes and haunts
Kaliska, William--Family
Kaliska, William--Travel--Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.)
Kaliska, William--Travel--Tennessee--Nashville
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849--Tomb
Kriegshaber, Victor H.--Homes and haunts
Kriegshaber, Victor H.--Family
Coca-Cola Company
University of--Georgia
University of Georgia. School of Law
Coca-Cola Company--Employees
University of Georgia--Sports
Georgia Institute of Technology--Sports
Georgia Institute of Technology--Mascots
Roney Plaza Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla.)
Brookhaven Country Club (Atlanta, Ga.)
Defender (Airship)
Hebrew Orphans Home (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Cola drinks--Georgia--Marketing
Businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
Businessmen--Georgia--Atlanta
Stone carving--Georgia--Stone Mountain
Football--Georgia--Athens
Football--Georgia--Atlanta
Baseball--Georgia--Athens
Baseball--Georgia--Atlanta
Track and field--Georgia--Athens
Track and field--Georgia--Atlanta
Mascots--Georgia--Atlanta
Coca Cola (Trademark)
Golfers--Georgia--Atlanta
Parades--Georgia--Atlanta
Hotels--Florida--Miami Beach
Ostrich farming--Florida--Miami
Alligators--Florida--Miami
Seminole Indians--Florida--Miami
Ocean travel
Steamboat lines--Florida
Steamboat lines--Cuba
Steamboats--Florida
Steamboats--Cuba
Schnauzers--Georgia
Dog owners--Georgia
Dog trainers--Georgia--Atlanta
Dog sports--Georgia--Atlanta
Parties--Georgia--Atlanta
Country clubs--Georgia--Atlanta
Horseshoe pitching--Georgia--Atlanta
Swimming--Georgia--Atlanta
Golf--Georgia--Atlanta
Airships--Georgia--Atlanta
Presidents--Tombs--Tennessee--Nashville
Camps--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027 - Medium:
- home movies
- Type:
- Moving Image
Moving Image - Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- The Kaliska-Greenblatt Home Movie Collection is the most locally significant film footage in the home movie collections of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives. The films were taken by William Kaliska and his friend Sidney Greenblatt of Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Kaliska's films date from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s and show the enthusiasm he had for taking film footage of the varied events he was involved with as a marketing manager for Coca-Cola. The films include the earliest known films of the UGA campus, being scenes at Harold Hirsch Hall (Law School), around the time of its dedication in 1932. Prominent in the group of people in that shot is Coca-Cola's then Vice President in Charge of Sales, Harrison Jones (UGA Class of 1900), later president of the company. This same reel contains the only known footage of Moses Michael, longtime Athens resident. His wife Emma appears with Jean Kaliska in the footage, and the young couple in the segment are the Michaels' son and daughter-in-law, David and Sarah Hall Michael and their children, at their house on Milledge, next to the Phi Epsilon House. Mr. Kaliska filmed carving work on Stone Mountain in 1929, and several university sporting events: a regional track meet at Georgia Tech's campus which includes Olympian Ed Hamm, and the UGA vs. Tech football game in Athens in 1929. He was also in Athens in Sanford Stadium for the UGA v. Tech baseball game and Senior Parade of 1929. Mr. Kaliska also filmed Tech football player Stumpy Thomason and the bear "Bruin" who is shown drinking a Coca-Cola. In July 1930, he was filming from a window of a building along Peachtree Street in Atlanta to capture parts of the July 1930 tickertape parade for Bobby Jones's Grand Slam. The reels also include a trip to Miami that Harold Hirsch took with family and friends. They stayed at one of Miami Beach's most prestigious hotels, the Roney Plaza Hotel. Aside from this and other archival footage, the original Roney Plaza exists only in old photographs and postcards. Hirsch's daughter, Ernestine, and cousin Jake's wife Marjorie and her son Jack are shown sunning at the hotel beachfront. During the trip, Hirsch's group cruised Biscayne Bay, and there are views of many long-gone Miami beachfront buildings, an alligator and an ostrich farm, Seminole Indians, and other cruise ships and lines which regularly traveled to Cuba. Mr. and Mrs. Kaliska were dog fanciers and owned schnauzers. A brief segment of the footage includes Beno Stein, a dog trainer in Atlanta, likely connected with the Atlanta Kennel Club, putting several dogs through a routine around a training obstacle course. One of the reels is of a garden party at the Atlanta mansion of Robert and Nell Woodruff (Coca-Cola magnate and his Athens-born wife) for the wife of a California Coca-Cola executive who was visiting Atlanta. Another depicts a day of fun at the Brookhaven Country Club in 1939 - pitching horseshoes, swimming, golfing, and several people drinking Coca-Cola. There is also footage of a ride in the Goodyear blimp "Defender" from Atlanta Airport around 1930; the footage was used in a 2007 Georgia Public Broadcasting documentary, The South Takes Flight: 100 Years of Aviation in Georgia. The Kaliskas and friends filmed a vacation to the Cumberland Gap area and Nashville, including President Polk's grave, and Kentucky. There are summer camp scenes shot at Camp Victor, connected to the Atlanta Hebrew Orphans Home. There is also footage of the family of prominent Atlanta businessman Victor H. Kriegshaber at their home.
William Kaliska was a resident of Atlanta, Georgia. He worked for the Coca-Cola Company from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Sidney Greenblatt was a resident of Atlanta, Georgia. He was a marketing manager for the Coca-Cola Company.
Harrison Jones graduated from the University of Georgia in 1900. He was Coca-Cola's Vice President in Charge of Sales, and later president of the company. Jones was influential in donating Coca-Cola funds for the building of Hirsch Hall on the UGA campus, and was a key player in structuring much of Coca-Cola's success.
Moses Michael was a resident of Athens Georgia. He founded the Michael Bros. Department Store (Clayton and Jackson St.), and was the first president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce.
The Brookhaven District in Atlanta is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Roney Plaza Hotel was one of Miami Beach's most prestigious hotels. Built in 1925, it featured 17-stories, a Florentine bell tower and copper dome. The hotel was demolished in 1968 and replaced with a 1,162-unit, two-tower apartment building.
Kaliska-Greenblatt home movie collection, circa 1923-1937. Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Tapes collected by Gene Eubanks. Deposited at the Walter J. Brown Media Archives by the Kaliska and Greenblatt families, 2004. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/collections/homemovies/kaliskagreenblatt.html
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Restricted use: Please contact the Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection for details.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Kaliska-Greenblatt home movie collection, circa 1923-1937. Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Extent:
- 27 film reels : si., b&w
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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