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This card is in a booklet stamped "Souvenir Letter: Views of Rockford, Ill." This depicts the library with its dome on top.

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This card is in a booklet stamped "Souvenir Letter: Views of Rockford, Ill." This three-story corner structure houses Ekeberg's and Fulton and Anderson Clothing, Furnishings, and Hats.

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Listed on the back as the "Geo. E. Holm, Lundberg Building," at 118 N. Main Street, featuring a "Vaudeville" sign on the side as well as "Sample Shoes" and "Orpheum" overhanging signs and one reading "CAMPBELLS 4 MARVELS 4 OF THE AIR." A livery is…

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A color graphic rendering by night with moonlight and street lamps.

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View down the street with an automobile and pedestrians on the right.

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Black and white street scene with people and a bicyclist crossing the street. The New York Life Building is on the left.

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With a plumbing sign and A. R. Matts Shoes and Clothier on the left and a "Lunch" sign on the right.

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A busy street with horse and buggies/wagons and trolley cars with A. R. Matts Shoes and Clothier on the left.

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Stately homes on a tree-lined street with automobiles parked at the curbs.

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With the Economy Store ("Clothing, Shoes, Furnishings, Ladies-Ready-To-Wear") and the Hotel Illinois on the left.

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Color graphic rendering with moonlit clouds and street lamps illuminating the nightlife with pedestrians on the sidewalks and cars on the street.

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A bustling daylight street scene with people, cars, and a trolley car.

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A bustling daylight street scene with people, cars, and a trolley car.

Rubin, Max - WW II.pdf
Born November 2, 1907, Max Rubin was drafted October 1943 by the British Army as a clerk. Died August 4, 2002.

Eck, Maxine - WW II.pdf
Born June 12, 1919, Maxine Eck served as an army Nurse from 1941 to 1944.

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Colorized photo of the corner brick building.

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"Issued monthly by D. R. Mead & Co., Rockford, Ill. Largest House Furnishers in Northern Illinois."

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With Opie Bros. on awning below and advertising Buck Cigars to the right.

Fransen, Nels Gunnar - WW II.pdf
Born February 10, 1924, Nels Gunnar Fransen joined the Air Force as a pilot. He died May 31, 2010.

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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.

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A wide street vista lined with stately homes and abundant trees.

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On the left: Johnson & Johnson, Drugs & Soda, Robert L. Beatson Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Legal Loan Co., Madelon Beauty Salon, the Palace Orpheum Cinema Vaudeville & Photoplays featuring "A Thief in the Dark"; Schrom's on the right.

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An extremely tree-lined and shady street scene.

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Color scene with a stone building in left foreground, and what appears to be possibly a brick street with thick rows of trees shading a line of homes.

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A view depicting the ornate interior of the Orpheum Theatre.

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Color rendering with brick church on the right.

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This card is in a booklet stamped "Souvenir Letter: Views of Rockford, Ill." This depicts the Post Office with its turret and two archway entrances.

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"Erected 1933 at a cost of $750,000, this post office serves a community of over a 100,000 population. Rockford is Illinois' second industrial city and second largest machine tool center in U. S. A. Founded in 1834, this city has grown to be the…

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Colorized rendering of the United States Post Office main installation in Rockford Illinois.

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Color graphic rendering with automobiles parked at the curbs in the streets on two sides of the building.

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Color rendering of the building's corner structure, listed on the back as being at 311 S. Main Street.

Erickson, Ray - WW II Veteran.pdf
Born March 30, 1919, Ray Erickson joined the army in 1942.

Purfeerst Raymond L - WW II.pdf
Born November 2, 1923, Raymond Purfeerst enlisted in January 1942 into the Air Force as a pilot. He was discharged in 1946. He died March 22, 1999.

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Front: "Serving Rockford, Illinois since 1920." Back: "Rockford's finest coffee shop and dining room located in downtown Rockford at 307 South Main St. on U. S. Route 20."

Reverend Doctor Robert Wildman, WW II.pdf
Born April 20, 1924, Dr. Robert Wildman enlisted in the Army as a Chaplain's Assistant in April 1943. He was discharged in January 1946. He died February 26, 2005.

Anderson, Richard - WW II veteran.pdf
Born in August 1913, Richard Anderson served in the National Guard and Army from 1939 to 1945. He died September 16, 2004.

Blake, Richard - WW II veteran.pdf
Born September 6, 1921, Richard W. Blake served in U.S. Army Air Corps from 1941 to 1947. He died February 12, 2012.

Stringer, Robert Brooks - WW II.pdf
Born in May of 1922, Robert Brooks Stringer joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and was discharged in June 1945. He flew a B-24 Liberator Bomber. Robert died May 16, 2007.

Miller, Robert George - WW II.pdf
Born January 15, 1919, Robert G. Miller joined the Air Force in October 1942. He retired from the military in 1976. Died October 2, 2010.

Lucas, Robert - WW II.pdf
Born August 21, 1921, Robert Lucas was drafted into the Airforce in August 1942 as a radio operator. He was discharged in August 1945. He died March 17, 2012.

Persinger, Robert , WWIIs.pdf
Born September 29, 1923, Robert Persinger was drafted in 1943 and became an Army tank commander. Persinger helped liberate the Ebensee Concentration Camp in Austria. He was discharged October 29, 1945. Persinger died November 19, 2018.

Robertson, Robert - WWII.pdf
Born October 19, 1924, Robert T. Robertson was drafted in 1942 into the Army Air Force. He died January 6, 2002

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This card is in a booklet stamped "Souvenir Letter: Views of Rockford, Ill." This depicts the Elk's two-story structure with a US flag on the roof.

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This card is in a booklet stamped "Souvenir Letter: Views of Rockford, Ill." This depicts the Trust building's seven impressive floors.

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Color graphic rendering of the Trust building with trolley cars in the streets.

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Rockford Abstract Company on the far left; C. F. Henry's in the second block.

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Candy Kitchen lower left, people on the sidewalks, and bicycles lower right.

Peacock, Russell - WWIIs.pdf
Born January 21, 1925, Russell Peacock enlisted in 1943 joining the Army Air Corps as a top turret gunner. Died November 19, 2002.

Sanden, Russell, WWII.pdf
Born November 17, 1924, Russell Sanden was drafted June 1943 into the Air Force as a turret ball gunner. He was discharged November 1945. He died March 18, 2004.
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