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The Holdridge Farm.
The Holdridge Farm in Winnebago County. William Holdridge moved his family to this farm in 1905. It covered an area from Clifford Avenue south to River Park Road; it went west from North Second Street. The Holdridges sold the farm to Fred Burr in…
The Holdridge Farm, Loves Park, Illinois
The Holdridge Farm in Winnebago County. William Holdridge moved his family to this farm in 1905. It covered an area from Clifford Avenue south to River Park Road; it went west from North Second Street. The Holdridges sold the farm to Fred Burr in…
Mrs. Hurlbut at the Free Soil School
Free Soil School - teacher, Mrs. Hurlbut. The Free Soil School was located at Harlem Road and North Second Street.
Woodward Governor Conference Representatives.
This photograph depicts representatives from the Woodward Governor Company at the Sixth Annual Prime Mover Control Conference. The names of the fifty individuals pictured are printed below the photo. The picture is enclosed in a booklet of olive…
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.…
J. H. Patterson Lumber-Fuel Co. Employees and Fleet.
A photograph displaying J. H. Patterson Lumber-Fuel Co. employees standing by the company's fleet of trucks and even a horse-drawn wagon. This photo is on thick but flexible cloth-like paper.
Office of J. H. Patterson Co. Lumber-Fuel.
The small house-like structure pictured here was the office for the J. H. Patterson Lumber and Fuel Co. in Loves Park IL.
J. H. Patterson Co. Employees.
Eleven workers are pictured wearing coveralls and caps at the J. H. Patterson Co. Lumber-Fuel facility in Loves Park IL. The employees are named on the back of the photograph: Front Row (L to R) Ned Engquist, Harry Clem, Vern Faulkner, Arnold Aurand,…
J. H. Patterson Co. Lumber and Coal Yard.
The storing facilities pictured hold coal and lumber materials in the J. H. Patterson Co. yard.
J. H. Patterson Company Sign.
Joseph Helyman Patterson started a lumber yard in Marengo IL in 1890. The growing business subsequently moved and prospered in Loves Park IL with lumber yard expansions in several locations. This photograph depicts a sign for the Patterson Company.
Rockford Peaches in Formal Street Dress.
A photograph showing 18 players dressed in formal street clothes, with manager Bill Allington (left). The back of the photo indicates this picture was taken at the Woodward Governor Co. (5001 N. 2nd, Loves Park, IL) in 1950 perhaps for some formal…
Salamone & Sons Grocery and Meats.
A photograph of a man cutting meat at Salamone & Sons, 409 W. State Street. Apparently this thriving business had several other locations at this time: 1434 N. Main St.; 515 E. State St.; 612 W. State; and 5533 N. 2nd St. in Loves Park, IL. The sons…
Harlem Village Blacksmith Shop.
This complex on Windsor Road in Loves Park, Illinois (just to the north of Rockford proper) includes the Harlem Village School, a blacksmith shop, and a homestead. Notice the wagon and buggy as well as snow on the ground.
"Harlem Village School," Harlem Township (Loves Park), Illinois.
This black and white photograph shows the white, one-room Harlem Village School house of Harlem Township in Loves Park, Illinois. Loves Park is a city just north of Rockford proper. Note the cupola housing the school's bell on the roof of the…