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

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

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Ray Ollman employee, Rockford Screw Products

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Rupert Hillman, Assistant Sales Manager at Rockford Screw Products. Rupert's brother, Swan Hillman, was cofounder of the company.

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

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Rockford Screw Products lunch at the Pump Handle Restaurant. Rockford Screw Products President Swan Hillman is the third man from the left.

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Clearing the ground for the building of Rockford Screw Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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A Rockford Products executive stands in front of a Metallurgical Laboratory optical comparator at Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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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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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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Jerry Broski, President, talks with Ed Klectka, the Plant Manager for Rockford Products, by a heat treat control panel.

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Gerald Broski, President of Rockford Products.

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Jack Shugart, Vice President of Manufacturing at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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

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John Waller, Vice President of Information Technology and Corporate Quality at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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

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

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

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Rockford Products President Jack Rauh shakes hands with the employee that won the contest for naming the new header department. His winning entry was the name "TANSON" which stands for "There Ain't No Stopping Us Now."

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Rockford Screw Products Tool Room employees at Plant #1 at 2501 9th Street.

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Rockford Screw Products. Shipping department employees at Rockford Screw Products Plant #1 at 2501 9th Street.

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The Rockford Products Executive Team at Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue). Jack Rauh, President, is the man standing on the right.

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

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Open office concept. Ward Lidbetter, President on the left, and Ed Stonefield, Executive Vice President on the right meet in the Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue) Open Office concept.

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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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Rockford Products Executives. Left to right are Ed Stonefield, Vice President, Jerry Broski, Vice President of Finance, and Ward Lidbetter, President.

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Rockford Screw Products Executives sit at a conference table. Left to right are Richard Norberg, General Sales manager, Howard Landstrom, Assistant Secretary and Office Manager, Edward Stonefield, Administrative Vice President, Gerald Broski,…

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Rockford Products President Ray Wood poses with Helen Ware who worked in the front office.

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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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Ron Selin, Salesman at Rockford Products Plant #1 (2501 9th Street) poses with a framed advertisement for Automotive Fasteners

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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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Mikki Bryant, Rockford International Sales Desk, at Rockford Products Plant #1 (2501 9th Street).

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

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Jerry Bonacorsi, Engineering Supervisor, at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Mike Berg, Quality Manager, Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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

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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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Merrill Anderson, Vice President of Manufacturing for Rockford Products.

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Gil Styles, Purchasing Agent, Rockford Products

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Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue) engineer, Paul Sutek.

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Gary Seegers, Rockford Products Controller.

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Kenny Williams, Tool Room employee at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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

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Plating Department workers at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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

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Odessa Thurman in the Insurance Department of Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).
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