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1. 2009.7.10 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black & white, Front- man, with arms folded, leaning up against a car outside, barn in background. Back- in ink "Check" Chester Marxen (1910-1972) was the son of longtime Bartlett blacksmith Henry Marxen and his wife Anna. Chester attended Bartlett School and three years of high school. By age 19 was working for the Milwaukee Road in its rail yard, later a chauffeur, having 36 years of service with the railroad. In 1939, he mar...

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2. 2009.7.12 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, color, Front- eight people total, standing/sitting at a table inside a room. The Marxen family gathered for this pre-1961 picture around the family's dinning room table. They are, front row, left to right, Elmer Marxen (son), Henry Marxen (father), Anne Marxen (mother). Back row, left to right, Chester Marxen (son), Hank Marxen (son), Alex Marxen (son), Anne Marxen Dodds (daughter), Dorothy Marxen Menke (daughter).

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3. 2009.7.7 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black & white, Front- seven people, 5 men standing, 2 women standing, one woman in chaise lounge, outside, trees in background. Anna Schroeder Marxen (1879-1963) is relishing the fresh air in her chaise lounge. Born in Bensenville, IL, and attended school there, Anna married German immigrant Henry Marxen (1876-1961) in 1900. She moved to the village where Henry had already established his S. Oak Avenue blacksmith shop in 1892...

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4. 2009.7.8 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black & white, Front- 11 people total, adults and children, standing outside of a home, car in background, trees. Members of the Marxen family visited the Round Beach, IL home of Elmer and Virginia and posed for this picture. Front row children, L to R, Janet Marxen Banwart (daughter of Chester and Margaret), Susan, Cheri Marxen Baxter (daughter of Chester and Margaret), Back row, L to R, Anne Marxen (mother), Elmer Marxen (...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. 2009.7.9 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black & white, Front- 7 people total, sitting/standing outside under shade of trees, two cars in background, printed on edge "Sep 56." Enjoying a summer day with family are left to right, unknown, Chester Marxen (sitting at picnic table), Susan, Janet Marxen Bonwart, Art Menke (behind Janet, Dorothy Marxen Menke's husband), Elmer or Hank Marxen, Dorothy Marxen Menke. This photo was taken at Elmer and Virginia Marxen's Round Lak...

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. 2021.69.1 - Book, Record

   Book, record, 12" w x 7 1/2" l x 1/2" h, fabric cover, paper pages, template to keep score for ball game, lines for team vs. team names, at, date, start and end of game and total time, players names, and more, ads for Wilson products, manufactured by Wilson Athletic Equipment, written on cover in yellow- "Bartlett Cubs" , in goldtone- "Official Score Book, Wilson Athletic Equipment" "Play ball!" By the early 1900s, Bartlett had an amateur men'...

   Record Type: Object

   
7. 2023.1.20 - Print, Photographic

   Print, photographic, 10" w x 8" h, black & white, front- 14 men wearing baseball uniforms, standing/sitting outside, men in back row all have their arms crossed, Back- in pencil, people in the image are named. "Play Ball!" That chant was heard for many years at Bartlett Park when the hometown team, the Bartlett Cubs, played on their turf. Pictured here is the 1934 team.. Front row, crouching, left to right: Fred Benicke, Walter Tilche, Ernest ...

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8. 2024.56.1 - Certificate, Birth

   Certificate, birth, digital copy only, Front- "Affidavit of Parent for delayed registration of the birth of Anna Marxen, born on September 13, 1914 to Henry Marxen (village blacksmith) and his wife Anna Schroeder Marxen. Anna Marxen Dodds (1914-2004) was the eighth child born into the family. Anna attended Bartlett School and Immanuel United Church of Christ. She married Lawrence Dodds in 1934. She is buried in River Valley Memorial Gardens i...

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. 2024.56.2 - Certificate, Citizenship

   Certificate, citizenship, digital copy only (partial), of Henry Marxen, dated June 9, 1916. Henry Marxen was born in Germany on February 10, 1876. He immigrated to the United States in 1890. After living in Freedom, IL he moved to Bartlett where he opened and operated his Oak Avenue blacksmith shop for 50 years.

   Record Type: Archive

   
10. P76-4-1 - Print, Photographic

    Print, Photographic, 7 1/4" w x 5" h, black & white, Front- Football team of 1933, 18 men holding football helmets, Back- listed names of the people in the image and date taken. Did you know the village once had a local football team in the early 1930s called the Bartlett Bears? The team, who played against other local teams, is pictured here on October 22, 1933. The players were, front row, left to right, Dexter Jippert, Helmut Tilche, Do...

    Record Type: Photo