Bradley Barnes Suster Collection > SERIES II: Rip Suster Films

SERIES II: Rip Suster Films

Abstract
The films shot by Rip Suster feature his wife Sue, their children Brad and Wendy, holidays in Oak Brook, vacations to Green Lake, and a Miss Nude America contest in 1972.
Inclusive Dates
1942 – 1982
Series identifier
S.2021-05-0002
Extent
37 reels
Creators
Suster, John Edward III (was created by)
John Edward (Rip) Suster III was born in 1940 in Glendale, California. He moved to La Grange, IL when he was three years old and had two siblings, Dewey Suster and Suzanne (Quinn) Suster. He graduated from Lyons Township High School and then went on to DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana for his BA. He earned his MBA from Northwestern University in 1967. He married his high school sweetheart Susan Dodge in 1962 and they had two children, Bradley Barnes (b. 1968) and Wendy Suster (b. 1971). The family lived at 2512 N Lakeview in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago until 1971, when they moved to Winnetka, IL. Rip worked as an accountant for Arthur Andersen before joining his wife Sue at Winnetka's Village Carpets and Rugs when she became owner in 1981 and called on her husband to help her run the store. They retired in 2016 and live in the Village of Winnetka.

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1968 Dec - 1969 Feb: Brad
Film
1968 Dec - 1969 Feb: Brad
December 1968 – February 1969
1969 Mar - July
Film
1969 Mar - July
March – July 1969
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