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Rockford Parade Route at South Main and Chestnut
This parade route view was taken from the Chestnut and South Main Street intersection looking north. Note several businesses along the east side of the street: People's Bank, H. W. Buckbee at 220 S. Main, and Empire Mercantile. The William Brown…
Rockford Parade on Main Street
This parade route view of horse-drawn wagons was taken from the Chestnut and South Main Street intersection looking north. Note several businesses along the east side of the street: People's Bank, H. W. Buckbee at 220 S. Main, and Empire Mercantile.…
Rockford Industries Incorporated
Rockford Industries Inc. at the 600 block of South Main Street. Looking north towards Race Street and the Amerock Building.
Rockford Fire Station #3
Signage for Rockford Fire Station #3 at 1520 South Main Street. September 1976.
Rockford Business College
Rockford Business College was founded in 1862. It moved several times before settling into the Stewart Building in 1892 at 113, 115 and 117 S. Main Street. This photograph shows one of the coed classrooms in that building. The college still exists…
Rialto Theatre
Rialto Theatre. 1104 South Main Street.
Rialto Theatre
Rialto Theatre. 1104 South Main Street.
Repairing and Painting the Carriage
Bill of Sale to Mrs. C.I. Horsman from Weldon Brothers, carriage manufacturing and repair, 301-303 South Main Street, for repairing and painting carriage.
Repairing a Wagon
Bill of sale to Mrs. C.I. Horsman from Childs and Merrick, manufacturers of carriages, 301-303 South Main Street, West Side.
Remodeling D.J. Stewart and Company facade.
With a crane in the street and workers atop scaffolding, this black and white photograph shows remodeling of the D. J. Stewart and Company facade at 115 S. Main Street. For additional views, see photos 78.41.8, 78.41.6, and 78.41.9b.
Regan, Chaney and Pratt, Lumber Dealers
Bill of sale to C.I. Horsman from Regan, Cheney and Pratt, dealers in lumber, lath, shingles and posts. Yards located at Kishwaukee and First Ave., and at Main and Greene Streets.
R. A. Aldeen at His Desk.
American Cabinet Hardware Corp. (later Amerock) co-founder R. A. Aldeen is pictured working at his desk. The painting on the wall behind him depicts the Ziock building at 416 S. Main St. in Rockford IL, which the company occupied in the 1940s and…
President Theodore Roosevelt Visits Rockford
This photograph, looking southwest, captures the Rockford Military Band and a large group of Rockford Police Officers awaiting President Theodore Roosevelt at the Illinois Central Train Depot on South Main Street. The President dedicated the new…
President Theodore Roosevelt Visits Rockford
This photograph, looking southwest, captures the Rockford Military Band and a large group of Rockford Police Officers waiting for President Theodore Roosevelt to arrive at the Illinois Central Train Depot on South Main Street. The President dedicated…
Portion of the Works of the Trahern Pump Company.
The three-story structure (left) boasts two distinct signs: "W. D. Trahern" on the building's left side, and "Iron Works" on the right. The edifice, located on S. Main St. in Rockford's Water Power District along the Rock River, appears to have been…
Pool Hall, Lewis C. Herbert Billiards.
This black and white photograph is believed to be Lewis C. Herbert Billiards, located at 208 S. Main St., Rockford IL. Cigars are being sold from a display counter at the right, several men pose around billiard tables in the back, and a man stands…
Phoenix Cleaners.
A black and white photograph of the Phoenix Cleaners, which actually had three locations: 317 E. State Street; 108 S. Church Street; and 213 S. Main Street.
Peoples Bank.
The Peoples Bank is located in the building to the left in this photograph at S. Main and Chestnut Streets. The Brown Building is to the right.
Pedestrian Mall Groundbreaking
Groundbreaking for the Downtown Pedestrian Mall at State and Main Streets in September 1974. Duncan James Men's Wear, at 115 South Main, is in the background.
Pedestrian Mall at South Main Street
Downtown Mall on South Main Street, 100 block, looking south
Part of the Works of Emerson, Talcott & Company.
Manufacturers of agricultural implements, Emerson & Co. was located in the 600 block of S. Main St., Rockford, IL, over the C. B. & Q. (Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy) Railway Depot. Workers can be seen by the railroad tracks and a couple walks in…
Nordstrom.
This photograph shows a man standing outside the entrance to Nordstrom, apparently a millinery displaying women's hats, located at 108 S. Main Street. Also see photo 88.122.374.
New American Theater
Master's Shoes and New American Theater, 118-122 South Main Street
New American Theater
New American Theater, 118 South Main Street
Nelson Knitting Co. S. Main St.
This black and white interior view of the Nelson Knitting Company (1880-1992), 909 S. Main St., Rockford IL, depicts fifteen women working at knitting machines while two men stand at the back of the room. Across the bottom of the photograph is…
Nelson Hotel.
This view shows the massive Hotel Nelson building located at 306 S. Main Street.
Mural at South Main and Kent Street
Mural of a bean plant sprouting painted on the building on southeast corner of South Main and Kent Streets.
Mural at South Main and Kent Street
Mural of a bean plant sprouting painted on the building on southeast corner of South Main and Kent Streets.
Morgan and Main Streets
Northeast corner of Morgan and South Main Streets.
Metro Centre Under Construction
Metro Centre under construction. The Centre is bound by Elm, Main, Chestnut and Church Streets.
Metro Centre Under Construction
Metro Centre under construction. The Centre is bound by Elm, Main, Chestnut and Church Streets.
Metro Centre Under Construction
Metro Centre under construction. The Centre is bound by Elm, Main, Chestnut and Church Streets.
Metro Centre Under Construction
Metro Centre under construction. The Centre is bound by Elm, Main, Chestnut and Church Streets.
Metro Centre Soon after Construction
Metro Centre when new in October 1982. The Centre is bound by Elm, Main, Chestnut and Church Streets.
Metro Centre
The Rockford Metro Centre, viewed from the intersection of South Main and Elm Streets, in May 1986.
Masters Shoes.
A black and white photograph showing the storefront and display windows of Masters Shoes at 221 S. Main Street, touting "Our highest price $4.90, many less."
Mary Dorr Manny's Home
Mary Dorr Manny purchased this home on South Main Street from the Holland family in 1860. The home sat on the north side of Kent Creek surrounded by extensive gardens. The home neighbored Robert Tinker's cottage (built in 1865 on the south side of…
Martin House
Martin House at 1020 South Main Street, June 1979.
Martin House
Martin House, 1020 South Main Street.
Martin House
1000 block of South Main Street. Martin House is at the center of the photo.
Mapes Bros. Plumbing.
This black and white photograph depicts Mapes Brothers, 315 S. Main Street, offering "practical plumbing, gas fitting, sewer and repair work." A man in overalls poses in the doorway, and a scale stands outside the storefront on the left.
Main Amerock Plant at Night.
All the lights are blazing in the Ziock building, the main Amerock plant, at 416 S. Main St. in Rockford, IL, photographed here at night.
Lindsay Building
Lindsay Building. 1024 South Main Street.
L.H. Crandall, Cooper
Bill of sale to C.I. Horsman from L.H. Crandall, Cooper, 314 South Main Street, West Rockford
Joseph Schmauss, Meat Market
Bill of sale to Mrs. C.I. Horsman from Joseph Schmauss, dealer in fresh and salt meats, poultry, etc. at 115 South Main Street.
Joseph Schmauss, Butcher
Bill of sale to Mrs. C.I. Horsman from Joseph Schmauss, dealer in meats and poultry, 115 South Main Street, West Rockford.
Ingrassia Grocers.
Pictured inside Ingrassia Cash Grocery, located at 1130 S. Main St., are (left to right) Salvatore Ingrassia, Nunzio, who was known as Dell, and young Ted behind the counter.
Ingrassia Cash Grocery.
Several people are outside the Ingrassia Cash Grocery store at 1130 S. Main Street. The building was erected in 1918. Ingrassia's sign proclaims, "We give S & H green trading stamps."
I. C. Crossing, S. Main St.
This photograph shows the Illinois Central Railroad crossing on S. Main Street. The Rockford Real Estate and Loan Co., 1010 S. Main, is on the left in front of the Illinois Central Freight House. The back of the photo reads: "New brick pavement laid…