Warren Lieb Collection
Inclusive Dates
1941 – 1973
Bulk Dates
1960s
Abstract
The Warren Lieb Collection consists of home movies shot by Warren Lieb, his father-in-law Joseph Makler, and his wife's second husband Edward Walbridge between the 1940s and 1970s. They capture family life in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago and at the Bryn Mawr Country Club in Lincolnwood, Illinois as well as various trips around the country.
Series In this Collection
Collection Items
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Items with Viewable Media
- [1938 (circa): Untitled Home Movies]
- [1939 (circa): Christmas - Costumes]
- [1940 (circa): 1st Birthday]
- 1959, October: Rebecca Home from Hospital; 1960, Summer: Baby Becky
- 1960, June - Dec (Oct 10 1st Birthday)
- 1961 Diana - Rebecca
- [1962 - 1963: Xmas, Diana's 2nd Birthday; Raking Leaves]
- [1963: Xmas; 1964: Diana Birthday]
- [1966: Chanukah - Ice Skating]
- 1966: Family - Chanukah - Panama City, FL
- [1968: Florida]
- [1969: Diana - Rebecca; Monopoly, Snow, Piano]
- [1971: Chicago Mackinac Boat Race]
- 1973: Birch Trail - Skiing - Utah
- Bryn Mawr Pool
- [Disney World Scenes]
- Honeymoon 1958
- Joan as Baby; 1st Easter 8 mos.
- Joan Beauty Shots, Joan & Diana Tennis
- [1969 (circa): Untitled Home Movies]
- [1969, July: Ann + Chas. at Walbridge Home]
- [1969, July: Chas. + Ann at Walbridge Home Outside on Tractor]
- [Untitled 126 still image roll]
SERIES: Edward Walbridge Home Movies
Collection Identifier
C.2024-17
Extent of Collection
23 total items consisting of 19 16mm films, 3 Super-8 films, and 1 roll of 35mm still film
Language Of Materials
English
Custodial History
These films were held by Joan Lieb until donated in 2024 to CFA by Joan Lieb and Edward Walbridge.
Use Restrictions
Chicago Film Archives holds the copyright for the films in this collection.
Creators
Lieb, Warren
(was created by)
Walbridge, Edward
(was created by)
Warren Lieb was a maker of commercial films, a business he inherited from his father, Jack Lieb, who started a production company, Jack Lieb Productions, in 1947 after working as a newsreel cameraman for Hearst's News of the Day. Warren Lieb and his wife Joan had two daughters, Rebecca and Diana. The family lived in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Makler, Joseph
(was created by)
After making a fortune in the 1920s and then losing it in the Great Depression, Joseph Makler owned a bourbon distillery in Kentucky from the 1940s through the 1980s. Joseph and his wife, Lillian, had two children, Joan M. Lieb and Joe Makler, Jr. The family were members of the Bryn Mawr Country Club in Lincolnwood, Illinois.