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85.48.12 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
An artist's rendering of the sprawling J. I. Case Company, 500-600 S. Independence Ave., Rockford, IL, manufacturers of farm implements, industrial tractors, and equipment. Notice the huge letters forming "CASE, ROCKFORD" on top of one of the…

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A living space setting promoting electric cooking appliances (both right and left) courtesy of Rockford Electric Co. The sign in the room reads, "Electric Cooking, now an everyday reality. Let us explain our special low rate for this. Rockford…

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A black and white photograph depicting a Rockford Electric Co. generator room and its machinery. On the front of the photo is handwritten, "Generating Room in 1914." For an additional view, see photo 91.49.32a.

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The women (left) have prepared a meal for the men seated at the table in Barber-Colman's dining hall. This photograph was printed in the Barber-Colman Association (BCA) News, Vol. 1, No. 3, page 6.

2005.16.86 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
These employees are pictured working at machines in the Amerock Corporation. A handwritten note penciled on the back of the photograph reads, "in skyscraper," possibly referring to the thirteen story Ziock building, located at 416 S. Main in Rockford…

2010.25.48 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
The text beside the photograph (right) proclaims, 'Here, we get a peek at Nelson's huge warehouse that is scientifically designed to maintain proper humidity in the yarn. "Curing" of the yarn is an extra care which contributes materially to better…

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The banner on the side of the street train car proclaims, "Roper of Rockford." Behind the train car is the Eclipse Gas Stove Co., 707-709 S. Main St., of which George D. Roper is president. Roper is the bespectacled gentleman, third from the left,…

2007.1.24 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A man, Harold O'Donnell - the donor of the diorama, with a cane and a patch on one eye, stands beneath a sign that reads, "W. A. Whitney Corp. Bldg. No. 9. Work Smarter!" Whitney's building, erected in 1916, was located at 650-675 Race Street in…

2018.78.260 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white photograph of three Elco Tool and Screw employees posing with a baseball and their gloves. Each individual is wearing athletic gear, so it is believed that they had just finished (and possibly won) a baseball game. The player's names…

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Originally built as the Arnold Furniture Factory building at 1149 Railroad Ave. in Rockford IL, this site later housed Rockford Screw Products (from 1929-1933), Producto Tool & Star Bit Co., and Rockford Steel Industries Co. (1976). For an additional…

2006.54.33 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
W. F. & John Barnes Company employees work at various machines on both sides of an aisle where one man holds a control unit.

2001.23.88 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
Employees line up for food at a Mattison Machine Works cookout.

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A view looking down on the congested floor of the Rockford Electric Co., thick with machines, cables, and controls. The caption in the photograph's lower left corner states, "No. 167 Rockford Electric Co. Feb. 2 - 11. Rockford Ill."

2001.23.97 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A long line of employees snakes its way to the food at a Mattison Machine Works cookout.

2006.54.30 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A black and white photograph showing three employees observing the workings of a large machine at the W. F. & John Barnes Co. The man in the middle is Carl Erbe, who was an engineer for the company.

2001.23.104 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
Employees at Mattison Machine Works sit down to enjoy the food at a company cookout.

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This scene depicts a large, high-ceilinged space at the W. F. & John Barnes Co. with employees working along the left side and angled machines and their workers busy at the right. This photograph is part of a collection bound in a black leather…

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A black and white photograph of a large Roper range and oven known as the "Town and Country" model. The George D. Roper Co., on Blackhawk Park Ave., were stove, gas range, and pump manufacturers.

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A man stands at the controls of a tall machine labeled "W.F. & John Barnes." In the lower right corner is printed "2285 / F.0.618C." This photograph is part of a collection bound in a black leather binder.

2007.1.29 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This photographic enlargement shows a clapboard commercial structure next to a picket fence that depicts the A.W. Woodward Company, in the Water Power District on Mill Street.

2005.16.87 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A rendering by Johnson & Johnson, a Chicago based architectural firm, depicting American Cabinet Hardware Corporation's administration building.

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An aerial photograph showing the Arvidson Cabinet Co. facilities. The location of the business and the exact date of the photo are unknown. This scene depicts the business's buildings, parking lots, and a train (lower portion) running across a street…

2018.78.306 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and while aerial view of Elco Tool and Screw Corporation and the surrounding area.

2008.13.27 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This photograph offers a bird's-eye view of the J. L. Clark Company complex, located at 923 23rd Ave. in Rockford IL.

2008.19.1b 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
An aerial view displaying the National Lock Company's six-story plant on 18th Ave. from 7th to 9th Sts. and on 7th St. from 19th to 20th Aves. in Rockford IL. The company, founded in 1903, boasts a tall and distinctive "clock tower" that graces one…

93.88.2 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
An aerial view of the National Lock Company's new plant on Kishwaukee St. The company moved into its new facility on July 13, 1957. This photograph is mounted on heavy mat cardboard. For an additional view, see photo 93.88.1.

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Black and white aerial photograph of the site where the Elco factory would be built at 1111 Samuelson Road. The site was once nothing but farmland but does show the close proximity to what appears to be the start of the Chicago-Rockford International…

2018.78.307 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and while aerial view of Elco Tool and Screw Corporation and the surrounding area.

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Black and while aerial view of Elco Tool and Screw Corporation and the surrounding area.

2018.78.300 96dpi wm.jpg
Color photograph of Elco Tool and Screw looking towards the building from Samuelson Road.

2001.23.2c 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A scene depicting the severity of a fire that destroyed the Mattison Machine Works.

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A black and white photograph depicting Albert Dahlin seated behind his desk at the Rockford Chair and Furniture Co., 920 9th St. The company manufactured buffets, bookcases, desks, and china cabinets but never actually made chairs. See photo…

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This photograph may represent a Christmas celebration with unidentified employees gathered around a tinsel tree with presents on top of an Eskimo Pie machine.

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Delivery, shipping, and receiving dock with workmen on a truck and a car at Allen's Ice Cream Factory, located at 107-109 S. Water St. in Rockford IL.

2007.74.8 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A view displaying several male workers amid trays of parts while a couple of employees weigh two trays on a scale.

2007.74.6 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This photograph presents several female employees seated at work stations with trays of hardware and parts on the floor.

2007.74.7 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A black and white photograph depicting American Cabinet Hardware Corporation employees hard at work, including several women seated at machines.

2007.74.4 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
Employees at their desks face the camera in this photograph of the American Cabinet Hardware Corporate office, located at 416 S. Main St., Rockford IL.

2005.16.82 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A black and white nighttime shot of the American Cabinet Hardware Corporation's Plant 2 building, precursor to Amerock, on Seminary Street in Rockford IL with all the windows brilliantly lit from within.

2007.74.10 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A view looking down S. Main St. in Rockford IL. The tall building on the right is located at 416 S. Main, the future home of Amerock Corp., known before that as the American Cabinet Hardware Corp. Note the sign on the left advertising the Williamson…

2007.74.5 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This black and white photograph depicts several workers by the machinery in the press department of the American Cabinet Hardware Corporation. This company later became Amerock.

2007.74.16 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This black and white photograph shows Amerock's blanking department where the machines punch out pieces of metal. These parts and scraps come out at the end of the machines into bins. For an additional view, see photo 2007.74.15.

2005.16.103 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A full frontal view of the Amerock Corporation building in Rockford IL. Notice that the company is flying the Canadian flag atop its facility.

2007.74.31 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This photograph shows the Amerock name on the company's facilities at 4000 Auburn Street, Rockford IL.

2005.16.78 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A black and white photograph displaying the sprawling Amerock Corporation plant at 4000 Auburn Street.

2005.16.89 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This scene depicts two women in the Amerock Corporation booth at a trade show. The sign above the booth displays the American Cabinet Hardware Corporation name, a predecessor to Amerock,

2007.74.15 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
Coils of steel are being fed into the machines in Amerock's blanking, also known as "stamping," department where the machines punch out pieces. For an additional view, see photo 2007.74.16.

2007.74.14 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This photograph shows the workers and machinery in Amerock's first data processing department, which was used mostly for inventory processing.

2007.74.22 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
Six women are shown working in Amerock's plating department. For an additional view, see photo 2007.74.21.

2007.74.19 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
An employee is pictured working in Amerock's plating department. For an additional view, see photo 2007.74.20.
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