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Name |
Elgin |
Number of Archive records |
21 |
Number of Library records |
63 |
Number of Object records |
24 |
Number of Photo records |
12 |
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2011.5.37 - Image, Digital
Image, Digital, sepia, cream mounting board, Front- bride standing in long sleeved, high necked, waist corseted white wedding gown and veil with headpiece, groom sitting with hand on knee on high back bench, wearing dark three piece suit, corsage on lapel, lower left imprinted- "S.M. Adams of Elgin, IL" Alma Schick (1894-1931) and William Humbracht (1884-1952), then a junior partner in the meat trust, were united in marriage on March 4, 1909....
Record Type: Photo
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2013.11.12 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black & white, Front- eight men, in two rows, wearing uniforms with "Elgin" and numbers on the jersey, kneeling, crouching in front of brick wall with two basketballs on wooden floor. On March 29, 1959, the Bartlett School gym was the venue for a charity event consisting of two basketball games. The first game was the Brownie Scout mothers verses the Cub Scout mothers. The second match-up was the Bartlett Lions Club verses the...
Record Type: Photo
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2013.20.341 - Image, Digital
Image digital, black & white, Front- 14 women sitting/standing in two rows, inside, wearing long dresses with corsages, written in ink- "Ushers for factory doings, Elgin Watch Factory," arrow pointing up- "Grandma Behm" This photo was published in the Elgin National Watch Company's magazine "The Watch Word" in January 1950. The young ladies were "usherettes" at the factory's Christmas concert presented in the Masonic Temple on December 13, 194...
Record Type: Photo
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2013.9.19 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, 5" x 7", black & white, Front- four women, wearing nametags, standing outside behind a table on which is displayed pottery pieces, trees, building cars, in background. Back- written in pencil- " Friends Pottery Group Virginia Honick and Elaine Atchison on right displaying at Lords Park, Elgin (I think)" For Bartlett neighbors and friends Virginia Honick, second from right, and Elaine Jensen Atchison, right, clay was their...
Record Type: Photo
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2014.10.4 - Shirt
Shirt, 33" l x 20 1/2" w, sleeve length 22 1/2", long sleeve, BSA brown buttons,regulation uniform shirt, heavy twill cotton, green khaki Left shoulder: Bartlett community strip, "23" Troop Numeral, Boy Scouts of America Insignia Right Shoulder: BSA Patrol Medallion "Flying Eagle" 04 circa 1933-1952, Wings of a Century Hike 100 miles 1941 Elgin, IL Council BSA Right front pocket: "Boy Scouts of America" embroidered in red, Region Seven S...
Record Type: Object
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2014.10.8 - Patch, Insignia
Patch, Insignia, 4" l x 2 1/2" w, green felt with white lettering, acorn in the center, BSA printed at top of acorn and Camp Big Timber in the center of acorn, extended piece of fabric at the top with a slit for hanging from a button. Top says: Elgin, Illinois Council Bottom says Camporee 1939 Worn by Ralph Andreasen, Bartlett's first Eagle Scout, after Camporee 1939.
Record Type: Object
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2014.21.7 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4", sepia, woman in long dark dress seated with two girls and two boys standing around her in front of floral backdrop. Mrs. Sophia Bull (1846-1894) with her children, William, Lewis, Mary and Hattie. The portrait was taken at C. S. Gerlach studio in Elgin. She and husband August were German immigrants arriving in the area in 1885. Son William, first on right, became the proprietor of Bartlett's Bull's Meat M...
Record Type: Photo
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2014.30.14 - Image, digital
Image, digital, black and white, young girl wearing dress and boots standing in front of a backdrop with blanket draped over. Printed on lower edge, "Beals, 23 Douglas Ave., Elgin, Ills." Anna Niewisch poses with her hands folded for this studio picture.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.51.1 - Pencil
Pencil, 7" long, wood with eraser, navy blue, printed in white is school logo and words, "Elgin Community College" The college has been serving Bartlett residents since its 1949 funding as part of the Elgin Area School District U46. It is a post-secondary educational institution and awards Associate of Arts degrees.
Record Type: Object
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2017.10.111 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, black & white, Front- young girl with dog on leash, standing outside on sidewalk, homes, automobile in background. It's Easter Sunday in 1949 and all dressed for the occasion is Bonnie Kunos posing with her dog, Rusty in front of her Elgin home. Bonnie is the daughter of once Bartlett resident Myrtle Haase Kunos and her husband Joe Kunos.
Record Type: Photo
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2017.1.20 - Postcard
Postcard, 3 1/2" x 5 1/2", paper, front- cream to pink color roll on which is embossed, "Greetings from _______ Illinois" and a roses and leaves, written in red on the banner is "Bartlett." Back- written in pencil, "Send me a postal to. Be sure and come Sunday because ma is going to Elgin so I won't have to be alone. Zenetta" Addressed to "Miss Clara Roebbeke, Ontarioville, Ill." A one cent stamp with the image of Bejamin Franklin is affixed. Han...
Record Type: Object
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2017.1.28 - Postcard
Postcard, 3 1/2" x 5 1/2", paper, Front- illustration of blue flower boat sailing in water with dark blue birds surrounding it. Some birds have envelopes with hearts in their bills, green shamrocks growing along shore and streaming from boat mast. Goldtone accents and printed in lower right, "A Happy Birthday." Back- postmarked "Bartlett, ILL, Nov. 18, A.M. 1909," one cent stamp in upper right, addressed to "Mr. Ben Waterman, 430 Franklin St., El...
Record Type: Object
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2017.17.2 - Bottle
Milk bottle. 11"t x 5 3/4"w x 5 3/4"d, glass, clear, orange plastic handle around bottle neck, printed in orange, front and back, "Modern Dairy Co., Elgin, ILL., 60120, One Gallon", pressed into glass around bottom, "Registered," "Sealed LG 6740-10," "One Gallon", "Liquid" The Modern Dairy Company was once located on Elgin's far northeast side in the former site of the Home's Dairy. The dairy delivered milk throughout the Fox Valley area inclu...
Record Type: Object
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2017.21.1 - Pass
Pass, 3 1/2" x 4" (without string). paper, blue, hole punched at top with white string looped and tied through, Front- printed in black- "Elgin National Road Race, August 20th, 1933, General Admission, $1.00, Must be worn at all times, Must be retained for rain check, No. 22398," stamped in red- "The Family Welfare Assn." Back- image of the Elgin Watch Factory on the face of a pocket watch, printed in blue, "The Factory Behind the Watch, The Larg...
Record Type: Object
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2019.4.1 - T-shirt
T-shirt, size L, cotton, burgundy, short sleeves, rounded neck, Front- upper left chest printed in white, "EHS 65", Back- printed in white, "I'm From the Old School", "Elgin, IL", illustration of building with words, "Elgin High School, Elgin, IL, Built 1909", "W.R. Mogler, Class of 1945, 8/04" Elgin High School's Class of 1965 was celebrating their 50th reunion in 2015. This T-shirt, in the school's colors of maroon and cream, was given to th...
Record Type: Object
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2019.48.27 - Knickknack
Knickknack, 8 1/4" l x 4 1/2" w, wood, cut out of cheerleader with poms, handpainted in cream and maroon. Elgin High School's colors of maroon and cream are reflected in this handpainted knickknack of its pom squad. This could have been a possible fundraiser for the school. If not then purchased locally.
Record Type: Object
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2019.48.31 - Cushion
Cushion, 18" l x 15" w, vinyl over foam cushion, maroon and white, Front- printed in white- "Elgin Maroons" with a 3D letter "E", Back- Advertisements of 15 local retailers and "Elgin Booster Club, Elgin, Illinois" Bleachers are not the most comfortable to sit on. The problem was solved with this fundraiser by the Elgin Booster Club and its sale of seat cushions. With advertising space sold, it was a win for local retailers too.
Record Type: Object
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2020.48.33 - Clock
Clock, 15" diameter, aluminum, glass, metal, back lit advertising sign, 1 1/2" black numerals, "Elgin Watch" printed in black on glass face , "The Eck" in red peeling letters, Schoen's Old Lager Beer sign loose inside, electric cord, missing vent on back, wiring exposed, red second hand, black minute/hour hands, missing label on back, ink-stamped date "Jan 1955." The Eck, a restaurant and bar, was located at 121 W. Railroad Avenue. Its name, w...
Record Type: Object
