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1. 2025.43.3 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, cover and one page from 1949 WLS Family Album, Cover- full page black and white image of people standing outside Eighth Street Theatre with marquee, title -"Prairie Farmer WLS Family Album...and Almanac, Page 31- two black and white images, top image is the Jimmy James family, bottom image is the Virginia Hams of which Jimmy James was a part of. Do you remember Bartlett’s own radio star Jimmy James? Vincent J. Gamelli (1912-2...

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2. 2025.7.1 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, color, Front- two men standing outside, arms around backs, golf cart on each side, golf course/trees in background. On July 8, 2024, Bartlett Hills Golf Club Professional Phil Lenz, left, welcomed Jimmy Garoppolo, NFL football quarterback to the course. At that time Garoppolo was a member of the Los Angeles Rams. He was born and raised in Arlingtion Heights, just up the road from Bartlett!

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3. 2025.7.2 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, color, Front- two men standing outside, arms around shoulders, golf course/trees in background. In 2023, Bartlett Hills Golf Club Professional Phil Lenz, left, welcomed Joe Minoso, actor, right, to Bartlett Hills Golf Club. At that time Minoso was appearing in NBC's Chicago Fire.

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4. 2026.6.300 - Print, Photographic

   Print, photographic, 8" x 10", black & white, Front- standing at railroad tracks looking at five buildings, trees in background, utility lines in foreground, snow on ground. Bartlett resident and photographer Wesley Hendrickson was standing near the railroad tracks at the Oak Avenue crossing when he took this image on March 12, 1979. The first building on the left, 121 W. Railroad Avenue, at the time was home to The Eck Tavern and Poor Richard...

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5. P02-1-1 - Print, Photographic

   Print, Photographic, Mat 9"w x 7"h, Photo 6.5"w x 4.5"h, Sepia, Front - Two story retail store, buggy with people pulled by horses in front, three men sitting and standing on steps, people off to right in background, sign above door - "Selz Shoes", sign on left "Henry Hoth Sample Room", signs above window - "Prince George Cigar 5 cents", Back - written in ink "Watermann's Store, tavern below Winkelmann's and Fred and Fred Pat Humbracht", yellow p...

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6. P02-1-2 - Print, Photographic

   Print, photographic, folder when open and flat- 13 1/2" w x 8 3/4"h, print- 4"w x 6"h, sepia, Front- portrait of child with bang and shoulder length hair with curls, wearing top with collar with stitching detail, embossed lower right, "Carlson Elgin" Jane Humbracht Ping (1924-2016) was born on January 20, 1924, the third child and only daughter of August Humbracht and his wife Lillie Jay Humbracht. She was raised on the family's farm once loca...

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7. P02-1-3 - Print, Photographic

   Print, photographic, mat- 12" w x 10"h, image- 8"w x 6"h, black & white, Front- large group of men and women sitting outside in wooded area around tables with large American flag in background., food on table. Summer is the perfect time for a picnic! Said to be a 4th of July picnic, here a large group gathers to enjoy friendship and food. Bread is stacked on plates on the table and all food ad drink is served on real china dinnerware. No plas...

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8. P02-1-5 - Print, Photographic

   Print, photographic, mat- 10"w x 8"h, print-6 1/2"w x 4 3/4"h, sepia, Front- wagon drawn by two horses decorated for parade, horses are covered in small American flags, wagon has five women wearing white holding American flags on poles, center woman is wearing crown, wagon is decorated with American flags and foliage, man is suit is holding horses reins, building in background, Back- written in ink, "Fred Kennedy (crossed out) Kennecke" Pictur...

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9. P02-1-6 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black & white, Front- portrait of man wearing military uniform including cap. Lawrence Humbracht (1916-1993) was the son of farmer August and Lilly Humbracht. Growing up on the family's farm which was off Oak Avenue, just south of Lake Street, he attended Bartlett School. In 1930, he and another student represented the school in the Hanover Township schools' spelling contest. Lawrence came in second place! Lawrence was an un...

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10. P02-1-7 - Image, Digital

    Image, digital, black & white, Front- man and small boy riding a Farmall tractor, dog in foreground, trees in background. Louis Humbracht (1914-2000) and his son Lyndon (1941-) take a seat on the family's Farmall tractor and they prepare to start farm chores. Maybe the family's dog, in the foreground, will help! Louis was the oldest child of farmer August and Lilly Humbracht. He grew up on the family's farm which was located off Oak Avenue, ju...

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11. P04-8-10 - Image, Digital

    Image, digital, color, Front- women wearing dress, black gloves and head scarf kneeling outside with bucket, white house and garage in background. With gloves on, Alice Giles (1880-1976) tends to her garden in the side lot of her 243 S. Western Avenue home (not pictured). Born in Illinois to parents who emigrated from England, Alice worked as a servant to the Clair family of Chicago before her 1901 marriage to Thomas E. Giles. The couple had ...

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12. P04-8-11 - Image, Digital

    Image, digital, scanned from photocopy, black & white, Front- three rows of students, male and female, seating inside at desks in classroom, adult male standing at rear, artwork, clock, blackboards, woodburning stove on rear wall, in lower right corner written in ink- ""Ruth Harmening, Bartlett Ill., 1-2 year high school, 5-12-28" Ruth Harmening Giles (1916-2014), middle row, second from front, attended the two-year Bartlett School program aft...

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13. P04-8-13 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, 4" x 3 1/4", black & white, cut out from album page, Front- log cabin building with door/windows, trees in background, grass in foreground, written in ink- "1949" and "Community House Bartlett Ill.", Back- partial image of young unknown girl sitting with stuffed animals. Today commonly called the Log Cabin, the structure in located at the northwest comer of North and Eastern Avenues in Bartlett Park. It was a community eff...

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14. P04-8-15 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, 8" x 10", hand colored, portrait of older man wearing striped suit with pattern tie. William Fred Harmening(1889-1949), was the son of Henry and Caroline Harmening. Born in Wayne Township, the family moved to Bartlett where his father owned and operated the Bartlett Tavern. William was a member of the Bartlett Cubs men's baseball team where he was the pitcher. His uniform is in the museum's collection. William moved to Chi...

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15. P04-8-21 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, mat- 12"w x 10"l, photo-81/2"w x 6 1/2"l, sepia, Front- three rows of 21 children and one adult, standing/sitting outside a brick building with windows and double wooden doors. Back- written in pencil- "Ruth Giles, 1927-28, 7th & 8th, old Bartlett School, SW corner Hickory & North" It's the 1927-1928 school year at Bartlett School and these 7th & 8th grade students had Miss Elvina Ness (later Elvina Ness Brandt), back row,...

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16. P04-8-22 - Album, Photograph

    Album, photograph, 8" w x 5" l x 1" h, black, alligator skin(?), Front- printed in goldtone- "Postal Cards", 26 pages of assorted black & white photos and postcards. This photo album once belonged to Mathilda "Tee" Harmening Alsworth (1896-1962). She grew up in Bartlett at 236 S. Hickory Avenue and was one of three children of Henry and Caroline Harmening, who owned the Bartlett Tavern at one time. Tee worked at Bartlett Hills Golf Club in the...

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17. P04-8-24 - Album

    Album, 3 3/4" x 5 3/4", paper, plastic, blue spiral, green front & back covers, Cover- printed in red, "Super Pak Snaps," Inside- five black & white images labeled a-e, images are of group of same women in different poses. Some are wearing costume components. The Zyzzles Club were a group of Bartlett moms that met in the 1950s. This informal social club hosted meetings at members homes and included at added touch of themed get togethers such a...

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18. P04-8-25 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, 3 1/2" x 5", color, Front- seven women sitting inside dressed in costumes, Back- "Giles April '57" The Zyzzles Club was a group of Bartlett moms that gathered regularly in the 1950s for fun and maybe a little gossip. At this meeting the gals dressed up as hobos!

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19. P04-8-26 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, 5"h x 7"w, black & white, Front- four males and two females inside a room sitting/standing, looking at and/or holding books, bookshelves in background, written in ink- "1955 Herrick House Lion's Gift of Encyclopedias", Back-nothing Members of the Bartlett Lions Club donated a set of encyclopedias in 1955 to Herrick House, once located on West Bartlett Road. Herrick House was a facility initially devoted to the convalescent...

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20. P04-8-30 - Image, digital

    Image, digital, black & white, Front- portrait of a woman and man. Meeting a future spouse today by using dating apps is common. But what about back in the good old days? How did you meet? For Tom, right, and Ruth Giles, left, it was fate across the backyard fence. Ruth and her father William Harmening moved back to Bartlett after the passing of her mom, his wife, Ella in 1927. They lived with William's parents Henry and Caroline Harmening ...

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