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Name |
Devon Avenue |
Number of Archive records |
9 |
Number of Library records |
3 |
Number of Object records |
12 |
Number of Photo records |
7 |
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2009.21.1 - Bag
Bag, 12"w x 17"h, paper, brown, Front- printed in red, "I shopped and saved at Gorskis Food Fair...Bartlett, Illinois, corner of Main & Devon..." written in ink at top- "Open, Closed January 1993" stamped in black in ink, "Mr & Mrs Frank L Danner 121 South Oak Avenue Bartlett, ILL 60103" " Back- nothing Gorskis Food Fair opened in October 1977 in the newly constructed Bartlett Plaza at Devon Avenue and Main Street. It was Bartlett's first full...
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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2016.61.1 - Magnet
Magnet, 2 1/4" x 3 1/2", vinyl, white, printed in red- "Your Child's Home Away From Home," Friendship Corner, 777 Devon Ave., Bartlett, IL 60103, 289-2211" Friendship Corner was established on December 4, 1974.
Record Type: Object
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2016.61.2 - Handbill
Pamphlet, 11' x 8" open, paper, full color, double sided, cover- illustration of sun with two children hugging and red flower below, printed in red- "Friendship Corner", and contact information, pamphlet describes programs offered.
Record Type: Object
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2016.61.3 - Postcard
Postcard, 5 1/4" x 4 1/4", paper, Front- printed in black - illustration of little boy and girl with title, "Come take a visit to Friendship Corner!" and brief description and phone number, in red- "Return this postcard for a free Registration Fee for the first child!." Back- printed in dark gray is contact information. Postcard is unused.
Record Type: Object
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2016.61.4 - Card, Commemorative
Commemorative card, 8 1/2" x 11", laminated paper, Front- three color images of single story building painted white with red trim, upper image dated 1974, lower two image dated 2016. Back- color image of four people, four business cards and typed history of Friendship Corner. Image of four people, left to right, Joan Brozny, Alan Reece, Charra Harell and Peggy Reece.
Record Type: Object
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2016.61.5 - T-shirt
T-shirt, size XS, cotton, white, short sleeves, red banded neck and sleeves, Front- printed in navy blue- illustration of a little girl making a funny face at two boys and words, "Friendship Corner." Back- plain. Friendship Corner is Bartlett's first child care facility. Established on December 4, 1974 by Peggy Reece, as of 2020, it continues to operate at 777 Devon Avenue. The facility, originally named Peppermint Lane Day Nursery, was built ...
Record Type: Object
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2018.1.8 - Print, photographic
Print, photographic, 8" x 10", black and white, road leading into two story multi-family structures with garages, picket fence on left, in background on left is barn with silo. On silo is "US Home." Written on lower right front corner edge in orange "7". Constructed by US Home, Hearthwood Farms was advertised in 1983 as manor homes "filled with luxury features, tailored to your lifestyle." At that time, prices began at $57,950 for the two and ...
Record Type: Photo
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2018.33.1 - Postcard
Postcard, 3 1/2" x 5 1/2", black and white, Front- image of low rise building, American flag in front, surrounded by grass, letters on building "Flexonics" Back- unused, printed in black "Photo Post Card, Flexonics, Bartlett Illinois" In 1961, Flexonics opened in Bartlett on Devon Avenue. It was the Village's first major businesses and brought 900 jobs to Bartlett. One of the items the company designed and manufactured was components for the S...
Record Type: Object
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2019.1.15 - Map
Map, 23" w x 17" l, paper, double sided, Side A- Village of Bartlett map, Side B- Village of Streamwood map, zoning district key. The Advisor, a local newspaper of the day, included this double sided map in its Wednesday, March 26, 1969 edition. At that time Bartlett had expanded into DuPage Country about 10 years prior.
Record Type: Object
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2019.1.47 - Carton
Carton, egg, 11 1/2"l x 4"w x 3"h, styrofoam, pink, holds one dozen eggs, Top- printed in red and blue- "Gorski's Food Fair...399 Bartlett Plaza...'The Family Store for Family Shopping"" Inside- printed in red- tips for egg buying and storage Located in Bartlett Plaza Center, Gorski’s Finer Foods was the Village’s first large scale grocery store. It opened in October of 1977 and was the second store for the Gorski family. Their first was in R...
Record Type: Object
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2020.36.1 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, 3 1/2" x 3 1/2", color, Front- parade float of the American Legion Post 1272, featuring banjo players, sign states "Jimmy James School of Music." Back- nothing. With the stage name "Jimmy James," Vincent J. Gamelli (1902-2004) got his first job at age 15 strumming a banjo. At 20, Gamelli moved to Chicago where he in 1939 joined the WLS' "National Barn Dance" radio program. After marrying singer Patti Kelly, the couple move...
Record Type: Photo
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2021.1.12 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, 8" x 10", black & white, Front- multiple family townhome unit, barn on left, white spilt rail fence in foreground with grass, bushes. Back- written in ink- "Hearthwood Farm Bartlett, newspaper snip of caption, grease pencil notes in orange, date stamped "Fri Mar 26 '82" U.S. Home opened its Hearthwood Farm community in 1981. Located off Devon Avenue, the development consisted of 320 "country manor homes" in 39 buildings. U...
Record Type: Photo
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2021.23.1 - Map
Map, 43" w x 62" l, canvas, attached to wooden window shade roller on top, attached to black metal bar at bottom, Front- printed in black, "Hearne Brothers presents polyconic projection map of DuPage County Fox River Valley with Joliet," attached to front is numbered tape, Back- complete index of each street name is given. Hearne Brothers Maps was founded and based in Detroit, MI. In February 1933 a U.S. federal trademark registration was file...
Record Type: Object
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2025.43.1 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, cover and one page from 1941 WLS Family Album, Cover- illustration of two people waving to covered wagon team in distance, airplane in sky, title -"WLS Family Album, 1841 Prairie Farmer's Centennial Year 1941", Page- not numbered, two black and white images, bottom image is Jimmy James, "new funny man of the WLS National Barn Dance..." Do you remember Bartlett’s own radio star Jimmy James? Vincent J. Gamelli (1912-2004), stage ...
Record Type: Photo
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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
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2025.43.3 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, cover and one page from 1949 WLS Family Album, Cover- full page black and white image of people standing outside Eighth Street Theatre with marquee, title -"Prairie Farmer WLS Family Album...and Almanac, Page 31- two black and white images, top image is the Jimmy James family, bottom image is the Virginia Hams of which Jimmy James was a part of. Do you remember Bartlett’s own radio star Jimmy James? Vincent J. Gamelli (1912-2...
Record Type: Photo
