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1. 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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2. 2009.7.16 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, color, Front- 7 people total sitting at table indoors, beverages on table. The members of the Marxen family attended an event in Elgin, IL. Wave to the camera! Left to right are- Laurence Dodds (husband of Anne Marxen Dodds), Justine Marxen (wife of Alex), Alex Marxen, Virginia Marxen (wife of Elmer), Elmer Marxen, Anne Marxen Dodds and Dorothy Marxen Menke.

   Record Type: Photo

   
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...

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6. 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

   
7. 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

   
8. 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...

   Record Type: Photo