These home movies taken by Mervin LaRue Jr. feature a variety of domestic scenes of his young family—wife LaVere and their first child, Michèle, bo...
![1939-1948: LaRue Personal Reel 1 - [Mervin Jr. & LaVere's Wedding / Michèle's 1st Baby Movies / Merv Sr. & Jo]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/3/7/86183_ca_object_representations_media_3788_small.jpg)
The home movies on this reel were shot by Mervin LaRue Sr. and include significant milestones that occurred in the 1940s for his son Mervin Jr. (wh...
In 1926, Mervin W. LaRue Sr. moved from Toronto to Chicago with his wife Johanna “Jo” (Wartman) LaRue and son Mervin Jr. to start a job at Bell &am...