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Metadata
Catalog Number |
M05-27-1 |
Object Name |
Scrapbook |
Description |
Scrapbook, 28" w x 22 h, poster board with metal clamps, 13 sheets, newspaper clippings of fire department, business and general news of Bartlett. Newspaper clippings are taped to poster board, first page covered with plastic wrap. Tom Marth (1942- 2002), was a Bartlett businessman and a volunteer firefighter for 17 years. He created this scrapbook to preserve some of the clippings of the Bartlett Volunteer Fire Department's festivals and fires they fought. He also clipped "Business Portraits" a feature in the local paper which highlighted Bartlett businesses in the late 1960s through early 1970s. Tom was photographed for a "Thurnau & Benicke" portrait which he began working at in 1965.He father-in-law, Fred Benicke owned the business which Tom purchased in 1980 changing the name to Tom's Auto Service. The business was sold and razed due to the building of the Town Center. |
Year Range from |
1967 |
Year Range to |
1976 |
Material |
Poster board |
Width (in) |
28.000 |
Length (in) |
22.000 |
Number of images |
3 |
Search Terms |
Barb's Beauty Salon Bartlett Body Shop Bartlett Food Basket Bartlett Implement Co. Bartlett Pharmacy Bartlett State Bank Bartlett Volunteer Fire Department Bill's Standard Service Embers Resturant Fire Barn Firemen's Festival Firemen's Picnic Hanover-Wayne Savings & Loan Milwaukee Road Schnadt's Home Improvement Schultz Hardware The Eck Thurnau & Benicke Village Hall Williamsburg Estates |
Subjects |
Business enterprises Businessmen Businesswomen Fire Fire departments Fire engines & equipment Fire fighters Fire fighting Fire stations Firefighters Firemen Newspaper clippings Scrapbooks |
People |
Benicke, Fred Cotte, Otto Daverell, Cliff Dirksen, Everett Eilf, Bill Fraas, Al Galske, Hank Hardt, Oliver "Ollie" Hecht, Elmer Heine, George Hinz, Roy Humbracht, Earl Jacobson, Ernie Lambie, George Lange, Gordon Leiseberg, William Monroe, Jim Mydill, Bob O'Connor, Tom Rees, Bill Rhodes, Marty Rosenwinkel, Harvey Sang, Jerry Sommers, Bob Taylor, Bill Van Alstine, Bob |
Accession number |
M05-27 |