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Metra |
Number of Archive records |
1 |
Number of Library records |
6 |
Number of Object records |
12 |
Number of Photo records |
7 |
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2011.25.1 - Holder, drink
Holder, drink, 6" x 3 1/4", gray foam with blue plastic rim, holds can drink or cup, Metra logo and image of downtown Chicago skyline with two Metra engines. Reverse side reads, "Watch that second track!", "Look, Listen and Live!," and "Stand behind the yellow line!" Metra has been the provider of commuter rail service in the Chicago area, including Bartlett, since 1984. Metra is short for "Metropolitan Rail." This drink holder was a promotion...
Record Type: Object
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2012.21.4 - Image, Digital
Image, digital, color, commuter train passing railroad depot. A Metra commuter train heading west to Elgin, passes the Bartlett Depot Museum, located at 100 W. Railroad Avenue. The depot, built in 1873 on land donated by Luther and Sophia Bartlett, established the community.
Record Type: Photo
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2014.29.11 - Postcard
Postcard, 4" w x 6" l, black & white, Front- building adjacent to railroad tracks, sign on building at roof peak states, "Bartlett", cars and buildings in background. Back-label attached states, "Bartlett Train Station by Melissa Byots" This postcard is part of a series taken by Bartlett High School students in the Advanced Photo Class during the 2005-2006 school year. The postcards were sold as a fundraiser by the school. This image was taken...
Record Type: Object
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2014.29.4 - Postcard
Postcard, 4" w x 6" l, black & white image, Front- train station adjacent to railroad tracks, sign on building reads, "Metra Bartlett", in background, on left, is water tower with "Bartlett" Back- label attached states, "Bartlett Train Station Photo by Kurt Long" This postcard is part of a series taken by Bartlett High School students in the Advanced Photo Class during the 2005-2006 school year. The postcards were sold as a fundraiser by the s...
Record Type: Object
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2014.30.23 - Image, digital
Image, digital, color, three images on one strip, man wearing red cap and boutonniere in the interior of a railroad car with other people. Frank Bucaro (1921-2001) retired from his job in downtown Chicago in 1980. He celebrated on his last Metra ride home with fellow commuters and his wife Lois Petersen Bucaro (middle photo). He wore a red cap and boutonniere for the occasion. Bucaro served as a Bartlett Village trustee from 1957-1963.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.34.7 - Print, Photographic
Print, photographic, 8" x 10", color, Front- Metra engine # 600 with passenger cars heading west through Bartlett, passing train station, automobiles and utility poles on both sides, water tower with "Bartlett" on it in background. Metra F40C #600 was passing through Bartlett on March 21, 1991 when this image was taken. At this time the rails were owned by the Soo Line Railroad. The engine was designed and built by the Electro-Motive Divi...
Record Type: Photo
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2019.1.10 - Hat, hard
Hat, hard, 12" l x 9"w x 7"h, plastic, white, printed in blue, "Metra, Metropolitan Rail" More than 133 years would pass before Bartlett would see the construction of a new train station. On November 6, 2006, ground was broken for the Metra station located on Railroad Avenue, just steps east of its 1873 counterpart. This hard hat was worn by then Village President Catherine Melchert.
Record Type: Object
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2019.1.33 - Postcard
Postcard, 5 1/2"w x 3 1/2 h, paper, Front- black & white real image of two-story clapboard building with wooden staircase leading to second floor with windows. Railroad signal in front with buildings in background. Written in pen in lower right- "Spaulding, ILL, EJE/N/W Depot" Back- unused This structure has been relocated and today is at the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) in Union. The tower (not a depot as labeled) was built around 1890 and o...
Record Type: Object
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2021.62.1 - Ring, Key
Ring, key, silvertone 1" metal ring with two keys, Key #1- 3 1/4" l x 1/2" w, gray plastic bow, long thin brass blade, engraved with "28" , Key #2- 1 3/4" l x 3/4" bow, brass, engraved "Master" and "3681" One-time Bartlett Police Department Parking Enforcement Officer Shirley Evans used these keys in relation to her duties. The long thin key, (gray top), was used to open the last commuter parking citation fine box.
Record Type: Object
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2021.62.2 - Stamp
Stamp, 1 1/2" w x 3 1/2" l x 2 3/4" h, plastic, two pieces (stamp & lid), self-inking print plate reads, "Permit Parking Only No Daily Parking", shown on top handle portion, red ink, made by MaxLight. One-time Bartlett Police Department Parking Enforcement Officer Shirley Evans used this stamp on the paper tickets she wrote when she ticketed those who parked illegally in the permit spots.
Record Type: Object
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2023.1.23 - Ticket
Ticket, 2 1/4"w x 3 1/4" l, paper, Front- turquoise, black and white ink, one way Metra ticket from Zone A to F, printed in navy blue- "Metra, Valid for 1 year from date of sale", dated December 10, 2007, number on lower right- "0679413", Back- Metra advertising 10-ride ticket and other information. Bartlett's original 1873 train station closed on December 10, 2007. This was the last ticket sold there and it was purchased by the Bartlett H...
Record Type: Object
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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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