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1. 2009.18.13 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black & white, Front- young boy wearing overalls riding a tricycle outside, trees in background. Paul Peterson was mastering the skills of tricycle riding on the sidewalk of his Oak Avenue family home in 1955, before moving up to a bike with training wheels

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 2009.18.18 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black & white, Front- single story home with centered front door, window on each side with two bushes, child on side playing in snow. It was a very snowy day when this picture on N. Oak Avenue was taken. You are looking northeast toward Lake Street, Route 20. Eastview Middle School and surrounding homes have yet to be built.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 2009.7.12 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, color, Front- eight people total, standing/sitting at a table inside a room. The Marxen family gathered for this pre-1961 picture around the family's dinning room table. They are, front row, left to right, Elmer Marxen (son), Henry Marxen (father), Anne Marxen (mother). Back row, left to right, Chester Marxen (son), Hank Marxen (son), Alex Marxen (son), Anne Marxen Dodds (daughter), Dorothy Marxen Menke (daughter).

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 2009.7.14 - Image, Digital

   Image, digital, black & white, Front- one man, one woman, standing outside, home behind, printed on edge- "Jun 58" Anna Schroeder Marxen (1879-1963) and her husband Henry Marxen (1876-1961) pose in front yard of their home that once stood on Oak Avenue. Anna was born in Bensenville, IL. She married Henry in 1900. The couple's children were Elmer, Alexander, Henry, Chester, Dorothy and Anna. Henry was born in Germany and immigrated to the U...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. 2011.5.1 - Mirror

   Mirror, 9 1/4" x 8 1/4", mirror with calendar, on front is girl wearing red dress sitting on a table talking on phone, at top right is thermometer (not working), on lower left is a sticker that says, "Meet Me at Bob's Place, Phones Bartlett 3021 and 2351, Bartlett Illinois," on back is small 1940 calendar that can hang down and be displayed in front. Bob's Place was once located on the southwest corner of Oak Avenue and Lake Street. It was a r...

   Record Type: Object

   
6. 2011.5.3 - Postcard

   Postcard, sepia, 3 1/2" x 5", trees surrounding a house, sidewalk and dirt road are visible. On front printed in black- "A View in Bartlett, Illinois" and "40504." Back of postcard is unused. Printed on back- "Genuine photograph, C.R. Childs photographer, Postcard, Chicago" Most likely northwest corner of Oak and Oneida Avenues looking west. Note chicken wandering loose a left side. Two unknown girls stand outside home.

   Record Type: Object

   
7. 2011.5.4 - Postcard

   Postcard, black and white, 5" x 3 1/2", image of Railroad Avenue, standing at intersection of Oak Avenue, looking west. Depot can be seen on right side and homes on left. On front printed in white, "View of Railroad Ave., Bartlett, Illinois" Back- unused, printed in black, "C. R. Childs, 5807 South Blvd., Chicago, Publisher of postcards, booklets, etc." The photographer is standing at Oak And Railroad Avenues looking west. Note the dirt road...

   Record Type: Object

   
8. 2012.26.12 - Matchbook

   Matchbook, 1 1/2" w x 4 1/2"l, cardboard, yellow, Front- printed in red, "Jim's "66", Bartlett's Finest Service, Tires Batteries Accesories, 151 S. Oak Bartlett, IL", Spine- printed in red, "Ph. 837-1661", Back- Phillips 66 logo Jim Jensen (1951-1998) purchased the business in 1975. It operated as a full service station until December 27, 1989 when all the gas tanks were pulled. After that it was a auto and light truck repair facility. Th...

   Record Type: Object

   
9. 2012.5.3 - Chain, key

   Key chain, plastic with metal key ring, 3 3/4" long including ring x 1 3/4", in shape of a number 1, printed in blue on front- "The Bears are #1 and so is Jim's Service, Oak & Oneida, Bartlett, IL, 837-1661." On back is 1988 schedule of Chicago Bears. Jim's Service was operated by Jim Jensen(1951-1998).

   Record Type: Object

   
10. 2013.1.248 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, 5" h x 7"w, color, Front- white pick-up truck decorated with red & white streamers, sign reads, "...Bartlett 66...", person sitting on swing in truck bed. Clown walks behind. People viewing on each side. n 1962, to celebrate its 25th year, the Bartlett Volunteer Fire Department added a parade to its annual festival which was held from 1938-1969. The Phillips 66 gas station was once located at 151 S. Oak Avenue. This was t...

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. 2013.26.3 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, 5" w x 4" l, black & white, Front- buildings on a street, cars parked, trees and utility poles line street. Pictured here is Railroad Avenue looking east. The depot (partial view) is on the left. From the right working to the east (left) are the following businesses at that time.- O'Brien's General Store, note "Post Office" sign above the door, The Eck Tavern or (Hugo's depending on the year the photo was taken), Bartlett...

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. 2014.24.1 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, 21/2" x 4 1/2", sepia, four women standing in front of a front and wing style home with automobiles parked in driveway. Located at 111 S. Oak Avenue, Block 1, lot 27, the home's original stucco finish, pictured here, has since been covered with vinyl siding in the early 2000s. All the women in this picture are unknown, but one mostly likely could be Bertha Danner, who along with her husband Carl Danner Sr., were living in ...

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. 2014.24.2 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, 2 1/2" x 4 1/2", sepia, decorated cars in a procession on a road lined with trees, spectators and cars. It is the 4th of July and Bartlett celebrated with a parade in town. The first car has a sign that states. "Welcome to Bartlett." The parade is possibly heading north on Oak Avenue.

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. 2014.24.3 - Print, photographic

    Print, photographic, 2 1/2" x 4 1/2", sepia, horse pulling decorated buckboard with people in costume aboard, automobiles following behind, spectators watch from curb where cars are parked. Written on face in blue ink, "Bartlett, 4th of July parade, 1st place, Richard Danner, Carl Danner as women, Erv Waterman." It is the 4th of July and Bartlett celebrated with a parade through town, possibly on Oak Avenue. The Danner brothers and Erv Waterma...

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. 2014.24.5 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, 2 1/2" x 4 1/2", sepia, decorated buckboard with people in costume aboard, rider on horse behind. Written on face in blue ink, "Carl Danner, [arrow] Richard Danner, 1st place 4th July Parade." It is the 4th of July and Bartlett celebrated with a parade through town, possibly on Oak Avenue. The Danner brothers and Erv Waterman won first place for their parade float decorated like a wash station.

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. 2014.24.6 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, 2 1/2" x 4 1/2", sepia, three men in military uniforms, one Navy holding American flag, two Army holding rifles, lead a marching band on street lined with spectators, cars and trees. Front, written in blue ink- "Alve Krumfuss." It is the 4th of July and Bartlett celebrated with a parade, possibly on Oak Avenue. Bartlett's WW I veterans lead the way. Left to right -unknown Army veteran, possibly Fred Wendler (only Bartlett ...

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. 2014.24.7 - Image, digital

    Image, digital, black and white, man standing outside wearing uniform, in background woman on porch of stucco building. Frank Danner (1918-1997) entered the service in 1944 and served until 1946. He is pictured here standing by his home located at 111 S. Oak Avenue.

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. 2014.9.1 - Print, Photographic

    Print, photographic, 5 1/2" x 3 1/2", sepia, Front- Automobile, open top, outside in snow, with two male passengers seating inside, house in background, snow on ground. In February 1911, Herman Schnadt bought a Buick automobile from Thurnau & Krumfuss, a farm and automobile dealership once located on Main Street. Though the men in this image were not identified, they appear to be Erwin Schnadt, driving and his father Herman Schnadt sitting nex...

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. 2015.1.29 - Transparency, Slide

    Transparency, slide, 2" x 2", color, two story home, painted white, with first floor bay window and entrance. Smokehouse located in the rear of lot. Visible on right side in image. Located at 102 S. Oak Avenue, the southwest corner of Oak and North Avenues, this home was built circa 1874, for the Louis Humbracht Sr. family. Humbracht Sr. was a cattle dealer and settled in the Bartlett area as a child. Later the single family home was converte...

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. 2015.1.31 - Transparency, Slide

    Transparency, Slide, 2" x 2", color, three two-story structures, two facing one street and the other facing another street, corner view. Lamp post on corner, car parked on street. Once located at the southwest corner of Oak and Railroad Avenues, the Genck Apartments (middle building) was razed in 1979. Built in the late 1870s, the structure was first home to Waterman's General Store and greatly altered in 1953 into a multi-family residence by ...

    Record Type: Photo