View from Girder Bridge, Rockford, Ill.
Looking across the Rock River at Rockford Wholesale Grocery Company, E. S. Gregory, Uneeda Biscuit, and Red Line Transfer-Storage. A boat is at the bank in front of this row of buildings.
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Community Ice Skating on the Rock River
During the winter, the Rock River became a popular place for citizens to ice skate. This photograph was taken directly north of the State Street bridge looking east. The Rockford Wholesale Grocery building is in the background. This photograph may have been taken the same day as photo 90.5.36. The glass plate is damaged, missing the upper left corner. (Reference - Sinnissippi Saga, page 292.)
circa 1900 - 1905
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Rock River Ice Skating
During the winter, the Rock River became a popular place for citizens to ice skate. This photograph was taken directly north of the State Street bridge looking east. The Rockford Wholesale Grocery building is in the background. (Reference - Sinnissippi Saga, page 292.)
circa 1900 - 1905
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Construction of Jefferson Street Bridge.
This photograph shows the construction of the Jefferson Street Bridge. In the center is the Rockford Wholesale Grocery Company, which was located at 220-232 N. Walter.
1926
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