Photo Record
Images
Additional Images [86]
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2018.38.1 |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |
Description |
Album, photograph, 7 1/4"w x 11 1/4"l, black, cloth, 47 pages, black and white photos on both sides, Front- printed in goldtone, "Photographs", string tie. 3-6 photos per page documenting farm life. Farm life in Hanover Township is captured in this photo album of the Frederick (Fred) Hecht family. The farm was once located on north side of Irving Park Road between Barrington Road and Park Blvd. The family included Fred, his wife Amanda and children Amanda, Evelyn and Elmer. In addition to farming, Fred had a threshing business and traveled from to farm harvest crops for area farmers. Due to the Great Depression, the Hechts lost their farm and moved into Bartlett, between 1935-1937, living on Railroad Avenue/West Bartlett Road. |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
1937 |
Print size |
Varies |
Place |
Hecht farm and surrounding Hanover Township |
Number of images |
92 |
Search Terms |
Hanover Township Hoosier Grove Irving Park Road Ontarioville Ontarioville depot Schnadt Realter |
Subjects |
Automobile driving Automobiles Bands Bandwagons Barns Chicken coops Chicken houses Chickens Chicks Children Children & adults Corn Corn shocks Cow milking Cows Dogs Eating & drinking Families Family Farm buildings Farm crops Farm equipment Farm houses Farm life Farm machinery Farm workers Farmers Farmhouses Farming Farmland Farms Farmsteads Farmworkers Farmyards Geese Guns Hay Hay rides Hay stacks Haystacks Hog houses Hogs Horseback riding Horses Houses Milking Milkmen & milkwomen Parades & processions Picnics Purses Sheep Silos Threshers Threshing Threshing machines Trees Wagons Weddings Windmills |
People |
Fledge, Lydia Flenge, Albert Flenge, Amanda Flenge, Arthur Flenge, Laura Flenge, Minnie Flenge, William Hecht, Amanda Hecht, Amanda Flenge Hecht, Elmer Hecht, Evelyn Hecht, Fred |
Accession number |
2018.38 |