Blacksmith Shop.
Interior of a blacksmith shop located on Kilburn Avenue. Calvin M. Messinger (1852-1926) is holding the wheel in the center.
1852-1899
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Elm Street Homes
Housing on the south side of Elm Street, east of Kilburn Avenue, in Southwest Rockford, October 1975.
City of Rockford Community Development Department
1975
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Residential Area with Schooling, Medical Care and Shopping
Aerial view looking northeast in the northwest quadrant of Rockford, Illinois. A drainage canal that originates at Kent Creek meanders to the Rock River (at upper right to center). Kilburn Avenue runs diagonally from the lower right corner towards the left edge of the image. The Y shape building is Summerdale Elementary School, built about 1950 at 3300 Glenwood Avenue. To the right is Rockford Memorial Hospital, built about 1954, at 2400 North Rockton Avenue. Rockton Avenue Shopping Center is to the north, nestled in a curve of the drainage ditch. The growth of Rockford moved north and west with new houses to accommodate the increasing population.
circa 1963
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Smith Oil Service Station.
Two gentlemen wait in their car at the pumps while an attendant services their automobile at the Smith Oil Service Station, 1104 Kilburn Avenue.
circa 1920
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Smith Oil Storage Tanks
Smith Oil Company storage tanks at the southeast tip of Talcott-Page Park, looking southwest. Northwest of School Street and Kilburn Avenue.
City of Rockford Community Development Department
circa 1970s-1980s
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Smith Oil Truck at Snow's Crossing.
This Smith Oil truck appears to be refueling airplanes. The photograph was taken at Snow's Crossing, which is now N. 2nd St. as it enters Loves Park IL from Rockford. The 1915 city directory lists the company as being located at 519 W. State St. while the 1920 directory lists the business address as 1104 Kilburn Ave.
circa 1915-1920
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St. Thomas High School, Rockford, Ill. 4-193.
A black and white photograph showing St. Thomas High School at Mulberry Street and Kilburn Avenue.
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