Oct, Ying, and Kwong Huie (left to right) outside Joe Huie’s Café in Duluth, ca. 1955.

Joe Huie outside his restaurant, Joe Huie’s Café, in Duluth, ca. 1950s. Photograph by Wing Young Huie; used with the permission of Wing Young Huie.

Esther Dowidat and her husband, Raymond, filmed Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther in their hometown in Carver County, Minnesota, in 1939. The 16 mm silent movie, which offers views of Cologne and its residents on the eve of World War II, was added to the National Film Registry in 2001. Link to Minnesota Historical Society catalog record: https://mnpals-mhs.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990016518460104294&context=L&vid=01MNPALS_MHS:MHS&lang=en

Still from the film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther, filmed in Cologne, Minnesota, in 1939 by Raymond and Esther Dowidat. E-34 (AV1989.205), Audio-visual Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Still from the film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther, filmed in Cologne, Minnesota, in 1939 by Raymond and Esther Dowidat. E-34 (AV1989.205), Audio-visual Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Still from the film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther, filmed in Cologne, Minnesota, in 1939 by Raymond and Esther Dowidat. E-34 (AV1989.205), Audio-visual Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Still from the film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther, filmed in Cologne, Minnesota, in 1939 by Raymond and Esther Dowidat. E-34 (AV1989.205), Audio-visual Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Still from the film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther, filmed in Cologne, Minnesota, in 1939 by Raymond and Esther Dowidat. E-34 (AV1989.205), Audio-visual Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Still from the film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther, filmed in Cologne, Minnesota, in 1939 by Raymond and Esther Dowidat. E-34 (AV1989.205), Audio-visual Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Still from the film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther, filmed in Cologne, Minnesota, in 1939 by Raymond and Esther Dowidat. E-34 (AV1989.205), Audio-visual Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.