Harold Loeb

Harold Loeb

Harold Albert Loeb (1891–1974) was a writer, an important American figure in the arts during the 1920’s in Paris, and the founder/chief editor of the international literary and art magazine, Broom. Loeb was the cousin of Peggy Guggenheim (mother’s side). Loeb came from a rather affluent background; connected to the Guggenheims through his mother, Rose, and his father, Albert, was an investment banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Company. He attended Princeton University, where he earned his B.A. in 1913. After earning his degree, he moved to Empress, Alberta, Canada and worked as a farm rancher and laying concrete for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1914, he married his wife, Marjorie Content, in New York, and brought her back to live with him in Alberta. England’s declaration of war on Germany made it impossible to continue working there for much longer, and in 1917, the Loebs moved to New York. After living in New York for a year, Loeb moved to San Francisco and worked for the Guggenheims as a purchaser for the American Smelting and Refining Company. He did not live in San Francisco long, before the United States entered into the war and Harold joined the military. Due to his poor eyesight, Harold did not go overseas to fight, but was instead assigned to a desk job in New York.