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...
Home movies by Mervin LaRue Jr. of his children Michèle ("Chell"), age 9, Jacqueline ("Jack"/"Jacqui"), age 6, and William Bryan ("Billy"), age 3, ...
Home movies shot by Mervin LaRue Jr. including Christmas in Lake City, Iowa with the Wellington side of the family. LaRue kids Michèle ("Chell"), a...
In 1967, Mervin LaRue Jr. and LaVere LaRue took their first of three trips to Japan, a country which they greatly enjoyed visiting, even in the wak...
Home movie reel showing a range of seasonal activities (from summer to winter) over the course of the year 1958-59: fishing footage of Mervin LaRue...
Home movies shot in Lake City, Iowa, at Mervin LaRue Jr.'s in-laws, Floyd and Helen Wellington’s, house. LaVere (Wellington) LaRue would bring her ...
![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...