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2023.1.48 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, 8" h x 10" w, black & white, Front- aerial shot of large two-story home, surrounded by trees, pond in front, road behind home lined with utility poles, entrance drive off that road leading to front of home, Back- nothing. This home, located at 7N429 Sayer Road, was once occupied by Worthington Dawkins Genck, a one-time Bartlett businessman. In 1959, he threw his hat in the ring for the 1960 U. S. presidential election. He ...

Record Type: Photo
2023.1.49 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black & white, Front- two young girls dressed in white, one sitting, one standing, in an unknown photo studio. Crystal Krumfuss Witt Ackmann (1906-1992) , left, and her sister Grace Krumfuss Porter Deverell (1912-1968), right, both wear their finest white dresses and footwear for this circa 1917 studio picture. They were the daughters of Edmund Krumfuss and his wife Christella "Stella." Raise in Bartlett, the girls attended B...

Record Type: Photo
2023.1.5 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, color, Front- woman, standing, wearing crownlike hat, large beaded necklace, holding many strands of beads, distributing them to older men and woman, sitting inside room. Mardi Gras translated means "Fat Tuesday," a day when all the fats in the home are used up in food preparation before the start of Lent the next day. The observance can also include the tradition of parades and the wearing of costumes, masks and colorful beads...

Record Type: Photo
2023.1.50 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black & white, Front- multiple image of young girl, dressed in white, with large hair bow, in different poses. Grab your stars and stripes and strike a pose! Little Grace Krumfuss Porter Deverell (1911-1968), had fun modeling for this circa 1917 studio portraits strip. Check out her hairbow which was popular at the time. Grace, a lifelong Bartlett resident, was the daughter of Edmund Krumfuss and his wife Christella "Stella...

Record Type: Photo
2023.11.1 - Image, Digital
Imagine, digital, color, Front- One man wearing boutonniere and woman wearing corsage, sitting at table, wall behind. Tom Giles (1913-2003) and Ruth Harmening Giles (1916-2014) met in the backyard between their childhood homes. Tom, whose family moved to Bartlett in 1928, lived at 243 S. Western Avenue, and Ruth lived at 236 S. Hickory Avenue. The couple wed on November 17, 1934. They had two children Ray and Marilyn. After briefly living in C...

Record Type: Photo
2023.12.1 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black and white, Front- car, model and year unknown, parked in front of 1 1/2 story home, written above in white- "1927." In 1917, Edmund and Christella "Stella" Krumfuss and two daughters Crystal and Grace purchased their home, 418 W. Oneida Avenue, pictured here. They were the second owners. The Craftsman style home was built in 1910 by Henry Hothan for Joseph Edward "Ed" Easterday and wife Eleanor Josephine Easterday. Ed...

Record Type: Photo
2023.12.2 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black and white, Front- 1 1/2 story home, oval class front door, written below in white- "Before" In 1917, Edmund and Christella "Stella" Krumfuss and two daughters Crystal and Grace purchased their home, 418 W. Oneida Avenue, pictured here. They were the second owners. The Craftsman style home was built in 1910 by Henry Hothan for Joseph Edward "Ed" Easterday and wife Eleanor Josephine Easterday. Ed was the depot agent in B...

Record Type: Photo
2023.12.3 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black and white, Front- 1 1/2 story home, oval class front door, written below in white- "After" In 1917, Edmund and Christella "Stella" Krumfuss and two daughters Crystal and Grace purchased their home at 418 W. Oneida Avenue, pictured here. They were the second owners. The Craftsman style home was built in 1910 by Henry Hothan for Joseph Edward "Ed" Easterday and wife Eleanor Josephine Easterday. Ed was the depot agent in ...

Record Type: Photo
2023.12.4 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black and white, Front- 1 1/2 story home, one man, one woman sitting in chairs on lawn. In 1917, Edmund, right, and Christella "Stella" Krumfuss, left, and two daughters Crystal and Grace, not pictured here, purchased this home at 418 W. Oneida Avenue. They were the second owners. The Craftsman style home was built in 1910 by Henry Hothan for Joseph Edward "Ed" Easterday and wife Eleanor Josephine Easterday. Ed was the depo...

Record Type: Photo
2023.12.5 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black and white, Front- 1 1/2 story home, one girl standing, one woman sitting on front porch stairs. In 1917, Edmund, right, and Christella "Stella" Krumfuss and their two daughters Crystal and Grace, purchased this home at 418 W. Oneida Avenue. They were the second owners. The Krumfuss family owned the home until 1957. The Craftsman style home was built in 1910 by Henry Hothan for Joseph Edward "Ed" Easterday and wife Ele...

Record Type: Photo
2023.2.1 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, 4 1/4"w x 3 1/2" h, color, Front- seven people, males and females, standing outside, no coats on, brick home in background. It's Christmas Day, December 25, 1982, and the Ping and Smith families pose outside, with no coats, for a holiday photo! Wasn't it cold? Nope! That Christmas, the temperature was 64 degrees! It was the warmest Christmas, as of 2023, the Chicagoland area has experienced. Notice the kitchen window in th...

Record Type: Photo
2023.2.3 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, 4 1/2" w x 2 3/4"h, black & white, Front- Woman and child, wearing bonnet and holding muff, cuddle outside, snow on ground, trees, fence, barn in background, Back- written in ink, "me + Jean" Baby, it's cold outside, especially in January. Jane Humbracht Ping (1924-2016) and her daughter Jean cuddle outside the family farm to ward off the winter chill in this snowy January 1945 image. Jean even has a muff to keep her hand...

Record Type: Photo
2023.22.1 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, 8" x 10", color, Front- two-story brick building with display windows on first floor. Red lettering across top of second floor windows reads, "Hardware," large red and white sign between first and second floor reads,"Schultz Hardware," red shutters and accent trim, red and white striped awning rolled up, at top of building in stone, "Schultz 1926." Back- remnants of glue. From the displays in the window, it's fall in Bartl...

Record Type: Photo
2023.27.1 - Print, Photographic
Print, Photographic, 2 1/2 " w x 3 1/4" h, black & white, front- Two children in pool, buildings in background, picket fence, sign reads - " Ray's Grocery Market Colonial Ice Cream", in ink at bottom- "18 mo", back- in pen "Pat, Van Alstine house downtown", Patty Anderson address label Eighteen-month-old Patty Van Alstine Anderson, right, enjoys a dip in her swimming pool in the family's front yard. At that time the Van Alstine family lived on...

Record Type: Photo
2023.27.2 - Print, Photographic
Print, Photographic, 5" w x 3 1/2" h, black & white, front- seven children standing behind a table with a birthday cake on it, back- Patty Anderson Address label, name of the children and their ages, in pen "Sept 14 th 1964". On September 14, 1954, Cory Tiknis (1954-1993), fourth from left, celebrated his 10th birthday with his friends. They are, left to right, Dan Umbach, Dale Lichthardt, Gregg McMillon (spelled correctly?), Cory, Tom Van Als...

Record Type: Photo
2023.27.3 - Print, Photographic
Print, Photographic, 2 1/2" w x 3" h, black & white, front- two men leaning on to a fence in front of a house, back- Patty Anderson address label, in pen "Pat, Bobbi } copies"1950 Gene Drzonek Bob Van Alstine" Eugene Drzonek (1927-2000), left, was a Korean War Army veteran, serving from October 12, 1950 to October 15, 1952. He is buried in Bartlett Cemetery. Robert "Bob" Van Valstine ( 1929-1978 ) moved to Bartlett with his family in 1931, a...

Record Type: Photo
2023.27.4 - Print, Photographic
Print, Photographic, 3 1/2" w x 3 1/2" h, in color, front- nine children sitting on a table, in pen names of the children. back- Patty Anderson address label, in pen "Eastern Ave Gang" The northern end of N. Eastern Avenue is a dead end street. The families that lived there in the 1950s through 1960s were very close, all having children around the same age. The children were called the "Eastern Avenue Gang." Pictured here are some of them. Fro...

Record Type: Photo
2023.35.1 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black & white, Front- nine adults and children total, sitting/standing in a photo studio wearing formal clothing. According to the 1880 census, Frederich (Fred) C. Watermann (sitting, middle row, second from left) was a carpenter and built many of the houses and barns in and near Bartlett. He is pictured here with his wife Marie Ebeling Watermann (sitting, middle row, second from right) and their children, back row, left to rig...

Record Type: Photo
2023.35.2 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, sepia, Front- clapboard, single/double story home surrounded by trees, one man, woman and child. three total, stand on front stairs. Carpenter Friedrich C. Watermann Sr. built a family home at 211 W. Railroad Avenue, pictured here, in the 1880s. The structure is a gable-front and wing style, which was typical of the expanding Midwest during this time period. Frederich's daughter Clara, shown here with her husband Herman Bartelt...

Record Type: Photo
2023.38.1 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, color, 21 small images of kindergarten students, one image of teacher wearing glasses and plaid shirt, second from left, and one image of principal wearing maroon jacket and striped tie, second from right, "Bartlett School...P.M. Kindergarten" is printed in green in the bottom center of image. Second attached image has some names of the students, added later by Chrissie Moore. From 1952 to 1986, Robert Hardt, bottom row, sec...

Record Type: Photo