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Name |
Chicago |
Number of Archive records |
11 |
Number of Library records |
5 |
Number of Object records |
22 |
Number of Photo records |
4 |
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2010.13.10 - Card, Business
Card, identification, 3 1/2" w x 2" h, paper, white, Front- printed in red- logo of The Milwaukee Road, printed in black- "J. J. Werden, Chief Clerk...CEntral 6-7600-Ext. 104" Longtime Bartlett resident John J Werden (1917-1997) was a thirty-nine year Milwaukee Road employee retiring on November 28, 1980. He worked in the Claims Prevention, Refrigeration and Merchandise Service Department as chief clerk.
Record Type: Object
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2010.13.9 - Pass
Pass, 4"w x 21/4"h, paper, drab green, Front- printed in black, "Chicago Union Station Company Building Pass No. 654...." Back- nothing Bartlett resident John J. Werden (1917-1997) was a 39-year Milwaukee Road employee whose headquarters was located in Chicago's Union Station. This pass, dated February 17, 1942, gave him access his office after normal business hours.
Record Type: Object
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2013.10.86 - Telegram
Telegram, 8" w x 6 1/2", paper, Front- printed in black on Western Union form 1201-s, "C1 DH Souvenir Copy= Century of Progress Chicago Ill 15 To our Guests= This souvenir from the Western Union Exhibit at a Century of Progress is a specimen modern Telegram= , The Western Union Telegraph Co." A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a World's Fair held in Chicago, Illinois, from 1933 to 193...
Record Type: Object
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2013.12.1 - Handkerchief
Handkerchief, 10 3/4" w x 10 3/4" l, silk, cream and beige, border of illustrated lily of the valley, moon with swirl, printed in brown, "1933" "Japanese silk" Chicago was the host city for the 1933 - 1934 "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. This handkerchief, purchased buy a visitor for his wife as a souvenir, displays the fair's logo. Bartlett residents enjoyed attending the fair.
Record Type: Object
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2013.41.1 - Cane
Cane, wood, 36" l, small silvertone plate attached by curved handle, pressed on plate- "Hall of Science, A Century of Progress, Chicago, 1933", image of building, metal tip on bottom. "The Hall of Science, a beautiful structure designed by Paul Cret of Philadelphia. Here are housed the exhibits which illustrate the things that men are now thinking about in the various branches of learning known as the pure sciences...Two floors are used for ex...
Record Type: Object
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2014.10.149 - Postcard
Postcard, 5 1/2" l x 3 1/2" w, linen, white border with brightly colored lithograph depicting "Newfound Gap Highway and Tunnel in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park" #506 Back : Divided back, postmarked Gatlinburg, Tenn; June 21 N-AM 1941, 1 cent stamp Written to Ralph Andreasen from Glenn Schnadt. Ralph Andreasen, Bartlett's first Eagle Scout.
Record Type: Object
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2015.9.27 - Map
Map, 62" w x 74" h, framed with glass, canvas Front- Van Vechten & Snyder's Real Estate Map of Cook County 1875, included are townships showing land ownership and acreage owned, roads, waterways, railroads, some communities/or parts and ranges of townships enlarged at bottom portion, several advertisements including that of real estate sellers. Scale 1 1/2" to a mile. Reminisce of Marilyn Giles Ziegler, December 2015, concerning this map gifte...
Record Type: Object
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2022.9.4 - Postcard
Image, digital, postcard, Front- left side image of river and bank with red lined frame around it, red pennant off right side of frame, written in ink in pennant- "Bartlett", printed in black- "I think I will make this town of my home, 2107", Back- 1 cent postage stamp, cancellation - "Bartlett Nov 4 P.M., 1914, ILL.", Addressed to "Miss Anna Dochspring (?)" of Chicago, message about having "the corn husker over a week in the row so can imagine t...
Record Type: Photo
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2024.1.1 - Schedule
Schedule, 8 3/4" l x 3 3/4" w (folded), paper, Cover- orange, printed in black- "Metra Milwaukee District West, Chicago to Elgin, Effective December 12, 2022" image of Metra train, QR codes, list of stops between Chicago and Big Timber, inside- schedule of trains, stops and times, fare, ticket, general and station information and Metra map." This schedule contains all the information a passenger would need to know when riding Metra's Milwaukee...
Record Type: Object
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2025.35.1 - Envelope
Envelope, 6 1/2" w x 3 1/2" l, paper, white, Front- 2 cent stamp in upper right corner, purple ink cancellation stamp, addressed to- "Beckley-Ralston Co., 18th St. S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Ill." From- upper left- "Return in five days to Thurnau & Krumfuss, Dealers in Farm Machinery all kinds...Illinois", Back- Nothing, envelope is slit on three sides, there was no contents in the envelope at time of donation. Edward d. Thurnau and Edmund G. K...
Record Type: Object
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M05-2-1 - Scrapbook
Scrapbook, 11" w x 14 1/2" l, paper, green, string tie, Cover- printed in goldtone- "Scrap Book" burst design, two line border, written in black, "Troop 452 Girl Scout", Inside- paper pages on which is stapled, glued and/or taped, pictures, calendars, patches, postcards and more. Bartlett Girl Scout Troop 452, out of Bartlett Elementary School, kept a detailed scrapbook of their activities and accomplishments dated from its formation in fall 1...
Record Type: Object
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P04-8-5 - Postcard
Postcard, 3 1/2" x 5 1/2", paper, Front- image of two women wearing white dresses sitting on a crescent moon with stars/clouds in background. Back- unsued, printed in black "Postcard souvenir from Riverview Exposition, Chicago, Correspondence, Address, Foster & Coultry-Official Photographers" Once located in Chicago, Riverview Amusement Park operated from 1904-1967. The park had attractions, rides, ballroom, shows, games and more. From 1909 to...
Record Type: Object
