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Rockford Screw Products at Kishwaukee Street and Harrison Avenue. Looking southeast.

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Rockford Screw Products (later Rockford Products) at 707 Harrison Avenue in May 1969.

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The intersection of Kishwaukee Street and Harrison Avenue. Bethel Baptist Church is on the left on the Northeast corner. To the right is Rockford Products.

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The intersection of Kishwaukee Street and Harrison Avenue looking west. The buildings on the right are part of Rockford Products.

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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…

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This is the back view of a structure originally built as the Arnold Furniture Factory building at 1149 Railroad Ave. in Rockford IL, a site later housing Rockford Screw Products (from 1929-1933), Producto Tool & Star Bit Co., and Rockford Steel…

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A black and white photograph depicting two men weighing bolts at Rockford Screw Products, screw and bolt manufacturers at 2501 9th St. The scale in the picture, which is labeled "Fairbanks Springless," has a line drawn to it where the weight has been…

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The main entrance of Rockford Products at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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The main entrance of Rockford Products at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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The main entrance of Rockford Screw Products at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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The main entrance of Rockford Screw Products at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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Rockford Screw Products at 707 Harrison Avenue looking southeast from the intersection with Kishwaukee Street.

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A close up of the Rockford Screw Products sign and building at the corner of 707 Harrison and Kishwaukee Street.

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Rockford Products at 707 Harrison Avenue, changing the sign from Rexnord to Rockford Products after buying the company back from their parent company, Rexnord.

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The Kishwaukee Street side of the Rockford Screw Products at 707 Harrison Avenue and Kishwaukee Street.

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

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

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Construction workmen laying brick for Rockford Screw Products Plant #3.

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Rockford International Group division of Rockford Products at 2501 9th street. This was Rockford Products' Plant #1.

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Rockford Screw Products Plant #1 at 2501 9th street.

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Original Rockford Screw Products building at 8th Street and Railroad Avenue.

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Rockford International Division of Rockford Screw Products at 612 Harrison Avenue. This was also known as Plant #2.

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Stuart Lindeman, Plant Engineer for Rockford Screw Products Plant #3.

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Five men in front of the Screw Bird Airplane of Rockford Screw Products.

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

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

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Photo of the nose art on the Rockford Screw Products "Screw Bird "airplane.

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Photo Proof of three pilots for Rockford Screw Products. Gary Bender is on the right.

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Beechcraft Super King Air F90 in the air. The airplane was used by Rockford Products Corporation.

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Photo of Beechcraft King Air F90 Interior used by Rockford Products.

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Photo of Beechcraft King Air F90 Interior used by Rockford Screw Products.

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Interior view of the lobby of Rockford Products at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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Interior view of the lobby of Rockford Products at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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Front office reception rotunda at Plant #3 of Rockford Products at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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Office at Plant #3 of Rockford Products. Jay Voss is on the phone at the bottom left.

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Plant #3 Rockford Products front office sales desks. At the bottom right is Bud Anderson. Anderson handled the Ford Motor Company sales.

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Plant #3 Rockford Screw Products front office. The switchboard is visible on the right. Howie Landstrom, leaning on the table in the dark suit, was the Office Manager.

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Plant #3 Rockford Products engineers and designers work at drafting tables.

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Plant #3 Rockford Products Engineering Office. The man in the checkered pants is Ken Rader.

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The Vice President of Rockford International's office. This was at Rockford Products' Plant #1 at 2501 9th street.

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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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Rockford Products Plant #3 tool room. Erwin Dach, a 50-year employee, operating a Giddings and Lewis numerical controlled milling machine.

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Rockford Products Plant #3 Metallurgical Laboratory microscope.

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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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Rockford Products Plant #3. A Spectrometer in the Metallurgical Laboratory.

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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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