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1. 2012.1.12 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black and white, three rows of children, front row sitting, the middle and back row standing, inside in front of brick wall. In front on floor is sign that reads, Bartlett School Grades 4,5,6, 1942" It was class picture day at Bartlett School in 1942 when grades 4, 5, 6 dressed in their finest. James "Jim" Jervey is pictured but which boy is unknown. Front row, left to right, all unknown Middle row, left to right, unknown, u...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 2016.62.11 - Contract

   Rental contract between Herman W. Schnadt and Fred Heinberg for a home on Oak Avenue near Oneida. Tenant's copy of preprinted form produced by United States of America Office of Price Administration, form DD 2-D. Rent charged-$15 per month for unfurnished home containing a flush toilet, running water, electricity, etc. The address of the home is 143 S. Oak Avenue. Heinberg was Schnadt's son-in-law and as Schnadt noted at the bottom of the cont...

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. 2018.33.37 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black & white, Front- Young woman standing inside wearing long gown with fur jacket over. With WW II raging, then Elaine Jensen Atchison remembered how challenging it was to find a prom date with all the young men in service. She went to her 1942 Elgin High School senior prom with an uncle who wasn't that much older then her. Elaine had local photographer Paul O'Brien take several pictures of her in her prom gown including this...

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 2024.1.16 - Receipt

   Receipt, 8" w x 4" l, paper, dark beige, Front- form, printed in black ink, across top- "Receipt for Charges Collected From Consignee...", in pencil- form was filled in with information, Back- "Delivery in Good Condition is a feature of Railway Express Service" On April 11,1942, consignee "E Struckman,", sent a package from the Bartlett depot, via the Railway Express Agency (REA), for delivery. Weighing "2" lbs., he was charge 50 cents in tota...

   Record Type: Object

   
5. 2025.43.2 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, cover and one page from 1942 WLS Family Album, Cover- blue, accented with gold stars & letters, illustration of two adults, one child , title -"WLS Family Album, 1942 , The Prairie Farmer Station, Chicago, Page 41- four black and white images, bottom left image is Jimmy James, "gets a case of musical hysterics with a banjo..." Do you remember Bartlett’s own radio star Jimmy James? Vincent J. Gamelli (1912-2004), stage name "Jim...

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. M96-1-500 - Program

   Program, 8 1/2" x 11", paper, Front- in purple- "Program Bartlett School, Friday, December 18th-8:00 P.M.....A Merry American Christmas to You All." . Bartlett School's Christmas program of 1942, held on December 18 in the school's gymnasium contained a reference to World War II which was raging at the time. The first and second grades performed "Soldier Boy, Soldier Boy." Other grades did dances, sang and spoke recitations. Everyone was wished...

   Record Type: Object