Bringing the Midway Village Museum Archives Online For Public Use
Midway Village Museum, Rockford Illinois’ local history museum, is proud to introduce its new online collections site. This project has been made possible through grants from the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois and the Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Inlcuded on this site are 300 rare glass plate negatives of Rockford life 1880-1900, 500 postcards of central Rockford and Camp Grant, and 70 letters home from Rockford boys fighting in the Civil War.
The site is keyword searchable for easy use. Each image has been uploaded as a low resolution watermarked file. High resolution copies of the images will be available from the Museum upon request.
The Museum is excited to increase its service to local researchers, teachers and history buffs. Currently the museum’s local history collections—nearly 150,000 items—are available to view by appointment only.
Work on this site began in January 2017. 900 images were available by mid August. An additional 800 images will be added by summer 2018.
Featured Collection
Many Faces, One Community: Rockford, Illinois' Stories of Immigration
In 2006-2009 Midway Village Museum undertook an oral history project to capture the stories of immigrants who have come to Rockford and contributed to…
Recently Added Items
Bank Teller Cages.
Several male employees are pictured standing in an interior aisle of an unidentified bank next to teller cages.
