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2012.3.18 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of the damage from the 1928 Rockford tornado. There is a demolished house at 9th Avenue and 7th Street. This is the same scene as 2012.3.17, 2012.3.16, and 2008.1.130.

2012.3.16 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of the damage from the 1928 Rockford tornado. There is a collapsed building and in the background, there is a National Lock Building. There are people in the front looking at the destruction. closer view of the same Photo 2008.1.130. On the…

2008.1.108 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of a house at 19th Avenue and 7th Street damaged by 1928 Rockford Tornado.

2004.18.7 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of damage incurred in the 11th and 7th Street area of Rockford from the 1928 tornado. There are people standing on the roof of a damaged building.

2004.18.5 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of damage incurred in the 11th and 7th Street area of Rockford from the 1928 tornado. There are people standing by a destroyed house.

2004.18.4 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of damage incurred in the 11th and 7th Street area of Rockford from the 1928 tornado. There are people standing by a destroyed house.

2004.18.2 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of damage incurred in the 11th and 7th Street area of Rockford from the 1928 tornado. There is a car in the foreground and people standing by destroyed buildings in the background.

2004.18.1 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of damage incurred in the 11th and 7th Street area of Rockford from the 1928 tornado.

85.109.764 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of the damage from the Seventh Street Fire in 1908.

85.109.762 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of the damage from the Seventh Street Fire in 1908.

85.109.761 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of the damage from the Seventh Street Fire in 1908.

85.109.760 96 dpi wm.jpg
Photo of the damage from the Seventh Street Fire in 1908.

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A photograph of the exterior of the National Lock Co. plant on 7th St. and 18th Ave. in Rockford IL. Note the gas pumps in the extreme left.

98.15.1a 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…

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…

81.120.5 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A sepia-tone photograph showing sixteen workers of the Forest City Furniture Company, established in 1869 in Rockford IL by Andrew C. Johnson, J. P. Anderson, and thirteen other Swedish workmen. Located on Railroad Ave. between 7th and 8th Streets,…

74.605.1.1 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
The young lady with the stylish hat in this photograph is standing in the dry goods store at 510 7th Street owned by Anton Hill and G. E. Ekeberg.

2009.51.3 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This black and white photograph depicts the inside of Carl August Ahlstrand's Meat Market, located at 102 7th Street. Ahlstrand, born October 18, 1861 in Skovelz, Sweden, came to Rockford in 1885 and operated the meat market for over forty years.…

74.780.68 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This photograph of the hat display in the Freberg Millinery storefront window was taken on the opening day of the business. Freberg's was located at 514 7th Street.

2007.92.31 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This black and white photograph shows a wintry scene in the 400 block of 7th Street. The A. G. Ogren Music Co., located at 415-417 7th Street, is on the right. For an additional view looking down the street from the opposite direction, see photo…

2007.92.30 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This black and white photograph shows a wintry view of the 400 block of 7th Street. The A. G. Ogren Music Co., located at 415-417 7th Street, is on the left.

2008.19.101 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
An aerial photograph showing the National Lock Company's massive industrial plant at 1930 7th Street. Founded in 1903, the corporation's complex stretched on 18th Avenue from 7th to 9th streets and on 7th street from 19th to 20th Avenues.

85.109(I).959 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This photograph shows an unknown section of 7th Street. No businesses can be accurately identified to ascertain exact location and time. For an additional view, see photo 83.45.89.

83.45.89 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
This photograph shows an unknown section of 7th Street. No businesses can be accurately identified to ascertain exact location and time.

2009.51.2 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
Black and white photograph of Ahlstrand's Meat Market storefront, located at 102 7th Street.The man in the picture could be Julius Ahlstrand, son of the proprietor, Carl August Ahlstrand, born October 18, 1861 in Skovelz, Sweden, who came to Rockford…

85.109.905.126 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A fuzzy photograph of a man sitting outside Ahlstrand Meat Market,102 7th Street, date unknown.

83.114.3 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
Six individuals wearing aprons and one young boy stand outside the Blomberg & Swenson bakery shop located at 603 7th Street. Another man stands in the street next to the horse-drawn bakery wagon.

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Colorized photo of stand-alone stone structure.

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Two locations listed: 421 Seventh Street and 221 S. Main St. "Our Highest Price: $4.90, Many Less."

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Ekeberg's Dry Goods and Fulton & Anderson Clothing.

2010.64.51 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
Colorized street scene looking north, overhanging signs: Walden's and Hill's.

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Looking right up the tracks in the middle of the street, horse and wagons/buggies to the sides.

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Corner building, 424 - 430 Seventh Street, "Home of Rockford's Newest Department Store, Ekeberg's."

85.109.787 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
Colorized street scene looking north, trolley in street, horse and buggies/wagons on sides.

85.109.785 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
Olson's Clothing on right; Coca Cola ad (5 cents) on left.

85.109.784 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
Street scene with horse and wagons; "Boston" sign, middle left; "Bon Ton" on right.

85.109.783 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
Horse and buggies/wagons and street car tracks.

85.109.782 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
Colorized street scene with overhanging signs (L to R): Royal, Lunch, unreadable on corner, and Drugs.

85.109.771 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
West side of 7th St. north from 4th Ave. L to R: Miller Shoes; O. J. Johnson Co.; Lignell's; Ekeberg's Dry Goods; Fulton and Anderson Clothing.

85.109.768 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
Colorized street scene; postmarked Aug. 31 to Mr. K. J. Lundgren

85.109.767 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
View from building top with street car.

85.109.766 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
Looking down on street from telephone pole height.

85.109.763 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
Street scene with Boston Clothing House far right.

85.109.758 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
Street scene with vendors; September 20-25, 1915; "Compliments of The Register-Gazette, Rockford's Greatest Newspaper."

81.136.166 100 dpi watermarked.jpg
View of outside and inside store, S. E. corner 7th St. and 3rd Ave., A. E. Freburg, proprietor.

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People milling in street; Seventh St. Clothing Co. far left; "Dick Yates for Governor" banner over street

93.88.3 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
The front of this photograph states, "National Lock Co. Addition. Security Building Co. Contractors, Rockford. Weiss and Niestadt Architects, Chicago. Work started March 1, 1925. Picture taken 4/24/25." The plant's main structure at 7th St. and 18th…

80.109.70 96 dpi watermarked.jpg
A photograph depicting two men and a woman in the C. M. & G. (Chicago, Milwaukee, & Gary) Railway office in the 800 block of 7th Street.

2012.66.1067 300dpi 4x6.jpg
The Forest City Building at 725-731 Seventh Street.

2012.66.1062 300dpi 4x6.jpg
The Southeast corner of 7th Street and 1st Avenue in November 1984.
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