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Edward Stonefield, Vice President of Sales at Rockford Screw Products.

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Sales mascot for Rockford Screw Products-- "Rocky" the bolt. Used in advertisements.

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Sales mascot for Rockford Screw Products-- "Rocky" the bolt. Used in advertisements.

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Sales mascot for Rockford Screw Products-- "Rocky" the bolt. Used in advertisements.

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The 1.5" Header at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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A Header operator and his machine at Rockford Products Plant #3.

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Annie Washington in the office at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Construction workmen on the future site of Rockford Screw Products Plant #3.

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Bill Derry, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Bob Bender, Accounting Department at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue). Note the computers on the desks behind him.

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Bob Brady, Salesman for the Rockford Products' Rockford International Division

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Bob Ellingson, Personnel Department at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Rear view of Rockford Screw Products Plant #3 showing the new box and paper burning furnace.

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Rockford Screw Products NAPA sales boxes of cap screws. NAPA stands for National Automotive Parts Association.

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Rockford Screw Products NAPA sales boxes of fasteners. NAPA stands for National Automotive Parts Association.

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Rockford Screw Products. Charles Holmquist, one of the early Directors of Rockford Screw Products. Holmquist was also the President of Holmquist Lumber and Fuel Company.

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Cleaning completed fasteners at Rockford Products Plant #3.

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The computer room at Rockford Products Plant #3, 707 Harrison Avenue. The man in the forefront is John Pomering.

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John Pomering sits in the computer room at Rockford Products Plant #3, 707 Harrison Avenue.

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The computer room at Rockford Products Plant #3, 707 Harrison Avenue. The man in the forefront is John Pomering.

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The Conference Room at the Rockford Products Plant #3 at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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Construction photo of Rockford Screw Products Plant #3 at 707 Harrison Avenue and Kishwaukee Street.

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David Johnson, one of the founders of Rockford Screw Products.

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Exterior view of Rockford Screw Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue) showing the custom made fencing when it was first installed. Each picket of the fence is topped with a fastener made by Rockford Screw Products.

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Dedication of room 314 at Swedish American Hospital in honor of Swan Hillman, founder of Rockford Screw Products. From left to right are Dean Grout the Administrator of Swedish American Hospital, Ward Lidbetter the President of Rockford Screw…

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Dennis Schear, Vice President of Finance at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Dick Goff, Rockford International President, at his desk in Rockford Products Plant #1 (2501 9th Street).

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Don Baxter, Vice President of Rockford Products' Rockford International Division.

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Keith Replogle is fitted for new ear plugs by Eva Altendorf, the nurse at Rockford Products Plant #2 (612 Harrison Avenue).

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Earl Miller, Secretary and Treasurer at Rockford Screw Products. The Office was located in Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Rockford Screw Products. Workers in front of 8th Street and Railroad Avenue plant.

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Larry Seagren, an employee in the engineering department, uses an IBM computer Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Jim Hartman, Engineering Supervisor, Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Evelyn Axelson, Receptionist at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue). A typewriter sits on the desk behind her.

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Merrell Anderson, Vice President of Manufacturing on the leftward Lidbetter, President in the middle. Third person unknown. The men are standing by the 750 cold former at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Charlie Wagner, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Merrill Anderson, Vice President of Manufacturing, and Dick Norberg, Vice President of Rockford International all pose with a #60 Roll Threader at Rockford Products

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Sonny Matlock fills a bin with completed fasteners at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Frank Madsen, a Rockford Screw Products employee, at his desk.

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Rockford Screw Products Stock Clerk, Friden Johnson, at his desk.

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Gary Seegers, Rockford Products Controller.

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Gerald Broski, President of Rockford Products.

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A Rockford Products employee in the Plant #3 Tool Room operates the Giddings and Lewis Numerical drill.

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Gil Styles, Purchasing Agent, Rockford Products

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Eighteen men in front of the Screw Bird airplane of Rockford Screw Products.

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Employees pack fasteners by hand at Rockford Products Plant #1 (2501 9th Street)

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Ken Sears performing a hardness test in the Metallurgical Laboratory at Rockford Products Plant#3.

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Rockford Products Plant #3 Rockwell hardness testing machines.

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Rockford Products Plant #3 Rockwell hardness testing machines.

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The header line at Rockford Products Plant #3 where bolts and fasteners of all kinds were made.

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Header line at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue). The reels of wire can be seen being fed into the machines.
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