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A Bicycle Built for Three
Three men on a three-passenger bicycle ride in front of the Nelson Hotel at 306 South Main Street.
Downtown Rockford, West of the Rock River.
To the right in this photograph is Hanley Furniture Co., with its name on the building's side; beyond this to the far right towers the Amerock/Tapco building; and to the left of Hanley's is the Nelson Hotel. Areas in the photo's middle were…
Nelson Hotel.
This view shows the massive Hotel Nelson building located at 306 S. Main Street.
A Bicycle Built for Three
This photograph, taken in front of the South Main Street entrance to the Nelson Hotel, features a very unique three-person bicycle. The hotel, at 306 S. Main Street, was opened in 1893 at the corner of S. Main and Chestnut Streets. William Nelson…
Three Men on a Bicycle
A unique bicycle with three riders pedals past the Nelson Hotel in downtown Rockford. The Rockford Clothing Company and Second Congregational Church are in the background looking west. (Reference - Sinnissippi Saga, page 127.)
South Main Street Business District
A photograph of Rockford's South Main Street taken from 300 South Main looking north with Nelson Hotel in right foreground. The William Brown building is to the north of this and the Hotel Holland, at South Main and Elm Streets,is further north…
Nelson Hotel
This card is in a booklet stamped "Souvenir Letter: Views of Rockford, Ill." The Nelson Hotel, a formidable corner building, also boasts a pharmacy, a barbershop, and a cafe beneath the awnings lower right.