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Photograph of the red brick City Hall building at 126 S. 1st Street, built in 1907, featuring the prominent clock tower and a few pedestrians on the sidewalk. A pastel flower motif borders two edges of this postcard.

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Looking north up the block, the City Hall building, built in 1907 at 126 S. 1st Street, displays its clock tower prominently in this photograph.

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This rendering of the City Hall building, built in 1907 at 126 S. 1st Street, features a flag flying atop its distinctive clock tower, many pedestrians on the sidewalks below, an early period automobile (right), and even a bicycle (left).

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Photograph of the City Hall building, built in 1907 at 126 S. 1st Street, looking north up the block. This postcard, issued by the Curt Teich Company in Chicago, bears the number R-18542.

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This view of the City Hall building, built in 1907 at 126 S. 1st Street, is similar to that of postcard 85.109(I).522. A large white border on the right side of the card proclaims "S. A. Croon & Co. Dist. Rockford, Ill." The publisher, Suhling &…

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This color rendering of the City Hall building, built in 1907 at 126 S. 1st Street, is postmarked January 21, 1910 and was sent to Sweden with two cents postage.

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This postcard shows the City Hall building, built in 1907 at 126 S. 1st Street, with a view looking east down tree-lined Walnut Street.

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This black and white photograph depicts a view similar to postcard 85.109(I).518, showing the City Hall building, built in 1907, at 126 S. 1st Street. City Hall is at the corner of S. 1st and Walnut Streets, and this view looks east down Walnut.

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This black and white rendering is similar to postcard 85.109(I).522 with a large white border to the right bearing the title of Rockford's City Hall, built in 1907 and located at 126 S. 1st Street. On the bottom of the front of the card, the…

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Black and white photograph of the R.Trigg Monument business, located at 114 South First Street. Several tall marble monuments are displayed in front of the building. Next door is Hakelier Photographic Studio, with photographs in the windows and a…

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This black and white photograph depicts the City Hall building, with its distinctive clock tower, at 124 S. 1st Street, on the corner of 1st and Walnut Streets.

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The sign for Anderson's Garage, 123 S. 1st Street, advertises "General Repairing, Car Washing, & Storage." Three men stand by a towtruck hauling a wrecked automobile. Johnson Pen Co. can be seen to the right.

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A bedroom in the Willard Wheeler home at 228 South First Street. Wallpaper used in a bedroom during the nineteenth century usually meant that it was the master bedroom.

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Cozy corner at the Willard Wheeler home 228 South First Street. Cozy corners were popular 1880 - 1920 as oriental patterns and items became more easily available in America. The cozy corner has a broad seat or couch and many large pillows covered…

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The parlor or dining room at the Willard Wheeler home at 228 South First Street.

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A sitting room at the Willard Wheeler home, 228 South First Street. Tassels and fabrics were an important part of decorating rooms during the late nineteenth century.

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Parlor at the Willard Wheeler home, 228 South First Street.

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Sitting room at the Willard Wheeler home, 228 South First Street.

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Sitting room at the Willard Wheeler home, 228 South First Street. The doorway in the foreground is draped with fabric lined with tassels. This fabric can be dropped to cover the entire entrance and provide some privacy inside the room.

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A corner of the sitting room at the Willard Wheeler home, 228 South First Street. The draped fabric at the left could be dropped to provide some privacy. An unidentified woman sits at the desk with papers.

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222 South First Street in Haight Village Historic District. The house was built in 1884.

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316 South First Street in Haight Village Historic District. The house was built in 1882.

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422 South First Street in Haight Village Historic District. The house was built in 1906.

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417-419 South First Street in Haight Village Historic District. The house was built in 1913.

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310 South First Street in Haight Village Historic District. The house was built in 1885.

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200 block of South First Street in the snow in Haight Village, looking north from Oak Street.

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228 South First Street in Haight Village. The house was built 1843-1846.

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409 South First Street in Haight Village. The house was built 1908.

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Old City Hall, 126 South First Street, before its renovation as apartments.

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Old City Hall, 126 South First Street, before its renovation as apartments. A billboard for WROK radio and signage for Bank One are visible.

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Old City Hall, 126 South First Street, before its renovation as apartments.

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Home in Haight Village Historic District at 228 South 1st Street in October 1997. The house is known as the Daffodil Cottage.

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Home in Haight Village Historic District at 228 South 1st Street in October 1997. The house is known as the Daffodil Cottage.

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Rockford Fire Station #2 at 204 South 1st Street in November 1976.

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Bill of sale to Mrs. C.I. Horsman from W.G. Johnson, house painter and grainer, 112 South First Street, East Side, Rockford.
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