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Catalog Number
1984.2.77
Description
Postcard, addressed to Mrs. J. Bartels, College Ave, Holland, MI, 1914.  On the front is an image of boats at Jackson Park in Chicago, IL.
History
Several postcards from donation 1984.2 are addressed to Holland, MI residents Arend John and Jennie Bartels. Arend John Bartels (1884-1957) was known as A.J. and John. He and Jennie Vork (1886-1971) were married on 6-4-1908 in Saugatuck, MI. The couple had three children: Ruth Bartels van Dyke; Alma Bartels Scarlett; and, Frances Bartels Altena.

John worked in the shoe repair business in Holland, MI for 43 years out of the family home on College Ave.. John and Jennie were members of the Prospect Park CRC in Holland, MI.

The Bartels family lived in Holland, MI at 20 West 14th (1907 city directory), 93 West 17th (1910 city directory) and 575 College Ave (1915 city directory and obit from 1957).
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