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Bartlett Avenue |
Number of Archive records |
2 |
Number of Library records |
5 |
Number of Object records |
27 |
Number of Photo records |
24 |
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2009.13.14 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, color, 4" x 6", looking across the street to a empty lot with excavator bucket truck and rubble. On back is printed "July 2001." Standing in driveway of Bartlett Volunteer Fire Association's Fire Barn, 218 S. Main Street, looking northeast toward the now razed Set Screw & Manufacturing Company, Inc. once located at 26 S. Main Street and railroad tracks. Set Screw was razed in 2001 to build the Town Center.
Record Type: Photo
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2009.18.11 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, color, 4 1/2" x 3 1/2", two men and one women sitting inside a business. The men are having coffee and a doughnut. Cases of merchandise are in the background. Inside Humbracht's Confectionary, once located at 130 W. Bartlett Avenue, left to right, Tom McCarter and Warren Anderson, eating breakfast, Kathy ? is sitting on the far right at a different table. Humbracht's was in operation from 1948 to the early 1980s under pr...
Record Type: Photo
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2009.18.31 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black & white, Front- large group of boys, girls in uniforms, and several adults, standing outside in grassy area, flag pole in center, flag being raised, bugler playing, cars, trees, buildings, railroad tracks in background. On June 14, 1959, the Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Bartlett's John Hillard Jr. was held. His achievement, earning the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, was celebrated by the entire village for h...
Record Type: Photo
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2009.18.32 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black & white, Front- One man wearing suit and one young man wearing uniform, standing inside, with table and several men behind. On June 14, 1959, the Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Bartlett's John Hillard Jr. was held. His achievement, earning the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, was celebrated by the entire village for he was the first Bartlett scout to do so in a Bartlett troop. A parade was held in John's hono...
Record Type: Photo
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2010.9.2 - Pencil
Pencil, 5 1/4" long, mechanical pencil, silvertone top portion black lower portion. Pencil reads "Bartlett Implement Co., Phone 837-2601, Bartlett, Illinois." The Bartlett Implement Company was once located at 120 W. Bartlett Avenue. It opened in 1941 and was operated initially by brothers Edmund Krumfuss and Alvin Krumfuss. The company sold John Deere equipment and other farm supplies and closed in 1971.
Record Type: Object
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2011.24.6 - Notebook
Notebook, vinyl, 6 1/4" x 5 1/2", carmel color, on cover is printed in white- ,"A Dependable Place to Trade, Wright's at Bartlett, Fuel-Lumber-Feed, Tennyson 7-2261-Bartlett, Ill." and illustration of its office. When opened on left side is a three year calendar from 1957 - 1959. aqua color pencil in spine, right side is note paper, some sheets used. Wright's was once located at the eastern end of Bartlett Avenue.
Record Type: Object
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2011.24.7 - Bank
Bank, metal, 3 1/2" wide, 2 1/4" tall, 2" at widest point, oval shaped, personal savings bank with handle. Lock on bottom opens with key. Key whereabouts unknown. Slot in front to put money in. Oval disc attached says, "Bartlett State Bank, Bartlett, ILL." . Bottom- stamped in metal, "White Brass Casting Co., MFRS., Home Banks, Pat. 1286653" 102850, U.S.A, Chicago, ILL." Prior to the Bartlett State Bank opening in 1910, where did Bartlett res...
Record Type: Object
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2011.4.1 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, black & white, 6 1/" x 4 1/2", single story brick structure housing two businesses, parking lot is on left. The brick structure located on West Bartlett Avenue was built by Faber Construction to house two businesses. On the left (west side) was the Bartlett Food Basket (pictured here) once located at 304 W. Bartlett Avenue. It was Bartlett's first "modern" grocery store and was in operation by 1963 and closed in 1978. The ...
Record Type: Photo
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2013.1.249 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, 5" h x 7" w, color, Front- couple riding in small wagon pulled by two small horses, sign on wagon reads, "Sunset Hill Pony Farm, Bartlett, ILL", two children on ponies ride behind, crowd watches on both sides, railroad tracks and buildings in background. In 1962, to celebrate its 25th year, the Bartlett Volunteer Fire Department added a parade to its annual festival which was held from 1938-1969. George and Shirley Litchfi...
Record Type: Photo
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2014.1.92 - Novelty, Promotional
Novelty, promotional spoon/bottle opener, 7 3/4" l x 1 1/2" w at spoon, metal, long handle with spoon at one end and bottle opener at other. Imprinted in handle- "To stir up a friendship, Humbracht's Confectionary, Bartlett, Illinois" Humbracht's Confectionary was once located at 130 W. Bartlett Avenue and in operation from 1948 to the early 1980s. Proprietor Earl Humbracht is best remembered by the Baby Boomer generation for his kindness and ...
Record Type: Object
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2014.2.6 - Matchbook
Matchbook, 1 1/2" x 4 1/4", cardboard, white, Cover- printed in green, "Bartlett Implement Co., Bartlett, Illinois 60103, Phone 837-2601", Back- John Deere logo Ed Krumfuss opened the Bartlett Implement Company at 120 W. Bartlett Avenue in 1941, selling John Deere farm equipment. With the Bartlett area transforming from a rural to more urban communities, the company went out of business in 1971.
Record Type: Object
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2015.1.146 - Transparency, Slide
Transparency, Slide, 2" x 2", color, looking east on Bartlett Avenue toward water tower, on left (north side, left to right, bank building (200 W.), 130/124 W., 120 W., 116 W., 110 W., 108/106 W., shed building which has since been razed, Public Works brick building, all businesses pictured here have since changed ownership.
Record Type: Photo
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2015.1.25 - Transparency, Slide
Transparency, slide, 2" x 2", color, looking down paved road, buildings, several cars and street lights on right,utility poles and several buildings on left. This is what Bartlett Avenue, looking west from Eastern Avenue, looked like in 1977. The white/brick building, 106/108 W. Bartlett Avenue, was once the offices of Wright's at Bartlett a lumberyard. The next building, 110 W. Bartlett Avenue, two story gray brick, is Schultz Hardware. The w...
Record Type: Photo
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2015.1.27 - Transparency, Slide
Transparency, slide, 2" x 2", color, three buildings (two red brick, one gray stone) in a row with paved street in foreground. These are some of the buildings that were located on Bartlett Avenue, between Eastern and Oak Avenues, in 1977. The white/brick building on right, 106/108 W. Bartlett Avenue, was once the offices of Wright's at Bartlett a lumberyard. The next building to the left, 110 W. Bartlett Avenue, two story gray brick, is Schu...
Record Type: Photo
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2015.1.58 - Transparency, Slide
Transparency, Slide, 2" x 2", color, two buildings facing street, green home with white trim and shutters to the left, 116 W Bartlett Ave is building on the right, brick upper level and wood-faced lower level separated by a roof overhang, pine tree to the left. 116 W Bartlett Avenue, on right, was built in 1924 for the business and home of the William Bull family. Bull's Meat Market was located on the first floor. The family William, his wife ...
Record Type: Photo
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2016.11.13 - Yardstick
Yardstick, 36" x 1", metal, goldtone, front-measurement markings are in black, on back in black- "Bartlett State Bank, Phone 837-2611", yardstick is unique because it can be wound up into a coil. See pictures. Bartlett State Bank was the Village's first financial institution. It opened its doors in 1910 and closed in 1985. In 1980, its name was changed to Bartlett Bank and Trust Company.
Record Type: Object
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2016.18.2 - Apron
Apron, half, 18" x 8 1/5", canvas, cream color, on front in blue- "O.H. Wright & Lumber Company, Lumber-Fuel-Materials, Bartlett, ILL, Phone TE 7- 2261" and in cream letters in blue box- "Weyerhaeuser 4-square Lumber", two metal grommets on top adhere two clips on back, wearer could clip apron onto belt and then tie on with attached strings. stitching forms two pockets on front. O. H. Wright was once located at the eastern end of Bartlett Aven...
Record Type: Object
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2016.20.2 - Opener, Bottle
Jar/bottle opener, 5 1/2" x 3 1/2", metal, imprinted on handle is "Vendl's Groceries-Meats-Liquors Bartlett's Friendly Store." The opener was multipurpose. One end opened bottles and the other larger lids. The item was made in Canada. Vendl's Grocery & Market was once located at 116 W. Bartlett Avenue and began operation by August 1957 and closed by 1963.
Record Type: Object
