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Benicke, Fred |
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2013.1.100 - Print, Photographic
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2013.4.1 - Pencil
Pencil, mechanical, 5" l x 1/4" dia, plastic, metal, red, goldenrod, printed in black on barrel- "Massey- Harris.Tractors-Combines-Implements, Thurnau and Benicke Implement Co., Bartlett, ILL. Phone 2441", printed in red- Massey-Harris logo, eraser is used. silvertone pocket clip on which is engraved "Redipoint" In May 1948, Fred Benicke (1914-2008) and his father-in-law Henry Thurnau (1888-1957)) opened Thurnau and Benicke Implement Co. at ...
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2014.28.114 - Print, Photographic
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2014.28.359 - Print, Photographic
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2014.4.48 - Novelty, Promotional
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2018.16.1 - Image, digital
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2018.16.4 - Image, digital
Image, digital, black and white, man and woman standing in kitchen, woman at stove, man looking on. Vernetta Thurnau Benicke is making the family meal as her husband Fred Benicke looks on. They are in the kitchen of their Tudor style home they had custom built at 143 N. Eastern Avenue.
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2018.50.54 - Image, digital
Image, digital, color Front- four men standing outside, one holding golf club Back-nothing Left to right, Willard "Bill" Schwanke, Fred Benicke, ? and ?, enjoy a round of golf at Bartlett Hills Golf Club.
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2018.50.55 - Image, digital
Image, digital, color, Front- four men standing outside holding golf clubs, wearing same blue cap, by sign with "17, 185 yds, Par 3, HCP 18" Left to right, Willard "Bill" Schwanke, Raymond Schnadt, ? and Fred Benicke enjoy a round of golf at Bartlett Hills Golf Club. Here they pose by the 17th hole.
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2018.50.58 - Image, digital
Image, digital, color, Front- four older men wearing same blue cap, sitting in two golf carts, numbers 27,29, on golf course. Back- nothing Left to right, Willard "Bill" Schwanke, ?, Raymond Schnadt and Fred Benicke enjoy a round of golf at Bartlett Hills Golf Club.
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2018.50.6 - Image, digital
Image, digital, color, seven men standing around pool table in a room. Time for a game of pool with friends, some of whom went to grade school together! Front row, left to right, Fred "Fritz" Benicke, unknown, Back row, left to right, William Schultz?, Herbert Schnadt, Raymond Schnadt, Roland O'Brien, unknown
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2018.50.61 - Image, digital
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