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1. 2014.29.9 - Postcard

   Postcard, 4" w x 6" l, black and white, Front- five sections of stone forming circle with star shape interior, resting on brick pavers, bushes in background. Back- label attached states, "Veterans Memorial by Erin Bjorvik" 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 by Erin Bjor...

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2. 2016.25.98 - Certificate, Commemorative

   Certificate, commemorative, 18" x 14 1/2" framed, full color map with illustration of compass points, polar bear, naval ship, island, etc. appearing to be on a scroll.Certificate reads-"This is to certify that Basil Earl Ping while serving on board the S.S. William Matson crossed the Arctic Circle on March 30, in the year 1944 A.D. to enter the Northern Domain of the Polar Bear." Presented to Basil "Doc" Ping (1921-2003) who served in the U.S....

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3. 2016.25.99 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black & white, a women holding a baby standing next to a man in a Navy uniform. They are standing in a field. Basil "Doc" Ping is home on leave during WW II. He was serving in the U. S. Navy. Here he is pictured with his wife Jane Humbracht Ping who is holding their daughter Jean Ann born in 1943. The family was standing on Jane's family farm once located on Oak Avenue near Lake Street.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 2017.10.20 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black and white, Front- Man, shirtless sitting at a desk surrounded by communication equipment. Eugene Haase was stationed on the U. S. S. Salisbury Sound AV-13 during the Korean War. In a 1951 letter to his family, Gene explained the meaning of the AV-13. "Well, it is really just code letters meaning seaplane tender, and each one has a number." Haase served as a radioman in the "shack," which is service jargon for the radi...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. 2017.10.9 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black and white, Front- two women stand outside with a male Navy servicemember between them, building and trees behind. Wayne Jensen (1928-2017), center, served in the Navy from October 1944 to October 1948. He was a 2nd class store keeper in the Pacific Theater. Here he pictured between his two older sisters, Elaine Jensen Atchison (1924-2014), left, and Violet Jensen Haase (1926-2015), right, in the front yard of their Oak A...

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. 2018.33.4 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black & white, two men in uniforms standing in front of a sea themed background. Bartlett boys Gerald Faber, left, and Arthur Atchison (1927-2008), right, enlisted in the U.S. Navy together on October 5, 1944 along with Wayne Jensen, not pictured. Atchison began wearing his ruptured duck on July 16, 1946 after his discharge at Great Lakes. Faber was medically discharged on August 15, 1945.

   Record Type: Photo