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This color photograph shows the church's red brick building, high-arched stained glass windows above the main entrance doors, and three sets of stairs leading up from the Sixth Street side. The church is located in Rockford's Mid-town section at 5th…

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Wonderful color rendering with an old-fashioned automobile and passengers on the street in front.

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A reproduction photograph depicting "Sturtevant's Flouring Mills" (white sign on building, left), located on Mill Street in Rockford's Water Power District by the Rock River.

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A previous notation indicated that this photograph was taken in November 1890 at the Rockford Seminary. Three young women, one with dumbells, pose in the photograph.

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Two young men pose on one of the cross girders supporting the truss bridge that served the Chicago & Northwestern and Union Pacific railroads. The bridge was built in 1896 and had a 119 foot span across the river. Its type of construction is called a…

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A young man lies on a bunk bed in this photograph. The young man's name and his location are unknown. The glass plate negative is broken.

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A young girl holds two kittens in an outdoor setting. Buildings are in the background, indicating that she may be in an enclosed yard. The girl's name and her location are unknown.

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A young girl holds two kittens in an outdoor setting. Buildings are in the background, and a crouching man appears over the girl's right shoulder, possibly hunching over in front of a camera. The girl's name and her location are unknown.

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The YMCA Building, at the corner of East State and Madison Streets looking north, was occupied in 1889. The building was sold in 1906 and served as the East Side Inn for many years. (Reference - Sinnissippi Saga, page 370)

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These images are contained within an envelope (labeled as a "letterette"), ready for mailing. This photo portrays thirteen men standing in front of the Y.M.C.A. building.

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Xuan Dinh was born in Vietnam. He immigrated to the United States and Rockford, Illinois in 1995.

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While a man videotapes workers handling the landing gear of the "Greater Rockford" wreckage, other cameramen snap pictures of the plane's pilot, Bert Hassell (seated in dark suit and hat), seeing his airplane for the first time in more than 40 years.…

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This view portrays the twisted wreckage of a fire that ravaged Mattison Machine Works.

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A view from the left side of the nose showing the crashed Greater Rockford airplane after Hassell and Cramer's first attempt to fly to Stockholm on July 26, 1928. People surround the wreckage in a field, and a lunch pail and thermos are visible in…

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Department store at 203 W. State Street.

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This black and white photograph, taken near the intersection of West State and Wyman Streets, shows soldiers and nurses from Camp Grant on parade. United Cigar, 202 W. State, is visible in the upper left background.

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This scene looks east on Broadway, depicting soldiers on foot and on horseback while crowds line the side. Note the bicycles and automobiles in the photo's lower right portion. For a similar view, see photo 2011.22.4.

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This photograph, looking east on Broadway, shows soldiers marching behind a color guard. The House of Lindberg, furniture dealers, would later be located on the corner of Broadway and 8th Street in the lower right portion of the photo (1927).

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Looking east on Broadway, this black and white photograph displays soldiers on horseback. The House of Lindberg, furniture dealers, would later be located on the corner of Broadway and 8th Street in the lower right portion of the photo (1927). Notice…

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This scene looks east on Broadway, depicting soldiers on foot and on horseback while crowds line the side. The lines of soldiers seem to extend far into the distance. Notice the bicycles and automobiles in the photograph's lower right portion. For a…

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This scene looks east on Broadway, depicting soldiers on foot and on horseback while crowds line the side. Note the bicycles and automobiles in the photograph's lower right portion.

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This photograph shows covered wagons in a WWI parade, looking east on Broadway. The House of Lindberg, furniture dealers, would later be located on the corner of Broadway and 8th Street in the lower right portion of the photo (1927).

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Looking east from Broadway and 8th Street, this photograph shows soldiers with instruments in the front while those behind, on horseback and on foot, march to the music.

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Looking east on Broadway, a marching band is shown as spectators watch from the side.

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A photograph looking east on Broadway showing ranks of marching soldiers while parade-goers watch from the sides.

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A black and white photograph, looking east on Broadway, displaying covered wagons in the street while crowds line the side. Note the bicycles and automobiles parked in the lower right of the photo. For similar views, see photos 2011.22.4, 2011.22.5,…

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Looking east from Broadway and 8th Street, this photograph shows rows of soldiers on horseback viewed by pedestrians on the side.

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A reproduction photograph showing the N. C. Thompson building, also an early home of Woodward Governor. A horse-drawn wagon sits in front of the structure where a sign declares that Savage & Love are machinists and pattern-makers. The yard next to…

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Black and white photograph of an Elco employee putting a product into a Surface Combustor. It appears as though the product was edited on this photograph (has a raised surface) to possibly make the finished product more presentable. The photograph…

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A photograph looking down on several employees working at machines on the W. F. & John Barnes Company factory floor. This photograph is part of a collection bound in a black leather binder.

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Employees are photographed at their desks at the Sundstrand Adding Machine Co., located at 2421 11th St. The back of the photo contains signatures, presumably of the people pictured. Next to one name is written, "1933." A message handwritten in…

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A man in a long coat, vest, and cap stands beside machinery while four men work above and behind him (upper right). The photograph's caption reads, "Installation 1900 H. P. Boiler, Dec. 5-1925. Rockford Elec. Co."

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Eight employees of the Greenlee Machinery & Tools Corporation, 2136 12th St., Rockford IL, are pictured on the factory floor. Roger Duffey, kneeling in the front row and wearing plaid pants, was in charge of sales at the company. For additional…

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A woman works with spools of thread at the Barber-Colman Company.

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A black and white photograph of the interior of the Rockford Mitten & Hosiery Company, 418 S. Wyman, showing an employee working at the sock forms in the "boarding room." The company manufactured woolen, hosiery, and cloth products. For an additional…

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An employee of the West End Furniture Co., corner of Factory St. and Johnson Ave., works at a belt-driven machine connected to gears on the ceiling. Piles of lumber wait on dollies (right). For an additional view of this same machine, see photo…

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On the back of this photograph is typed, "Special Barber-Colman Hobbing Machine made to hob the teeth on large gears which are mounted on the end of a shaft that also carries a large cylinder." This photo is on thick but flexible cloth-like paper.

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This empty room is filled with tables and work stations at the Barber-Colman Company in Rockford IL.

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The machines depicted in this photograph represent electrical generating water wheel governors used by Rockford Electric Company in the 1920's and made by Woodward Governor. The two men on the left are unidentified; the person on the right is Robert…

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A photograph of a letter from the Woodward Governor Company to employees who were serving in the military during WWII. A handwritten post script at the bottom states, "P.S. Keep your sense of humor and keep on going and you'll be ok Harold. Best of…

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A huge gathering of Woodward Governor workers are assembled for an employee dinner before the company's plant is finished. The crowd is seated around tables set up on the expansive machine shop floor.

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A black and white photograph of four unidentified men from Woodward Governor in Germany. A Woodward Governor machine is visible in the background behind the men, and other devices occupy a table in the forefront that boasts a floral arrangement in…

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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…

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A small creek cuts through wooded bluffs and areas of grassy fields. The location is unknown.

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This beautiful nature scene features a small creek that separates wooded bluff areas from fields and meadows. The location is unknown.

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Wood-working class at Rockford High School

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A photograph looking down a long central aisle of an unknown women's store. Notice the beautiful woodwork, the well-stocked shelves to the left, the mirrors behind the counters to the right, and the tin ceiling.

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Twenty-two women, workers at Nelson Knitting Co. (1880-1992), 909 S. Main, Rockford IL, pose for this black and white photograph. There are piles of socks on the side (right).

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This photograph shows rows of women dressed similarly in dark, formal attire, marching in an unknown parade.

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A large group of well-dressed children, three women, and a dog pose under a tree in the yard of a large home. The people and the location are unknown.
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