Browse Items (78 total)

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Black and white photograph of three Elco Tool and Screw employees posing with a baseball and their gloves. Each individual is wearing athletic gear, so it is believed that they had just finished (and possibly won) a baseball game. The player's names…

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Black and while aerial view of Elco Tool and Screw Corporation and the surrounding area.

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Black and white aerial photograph of the site where the Elco factory would be built at 1111 Samuelson Road. The site was once nothing but farmland but does show the close proximity to what appears to be the start of the Chicago-Rockford International…

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Black and while aerial view of Elco Tool and Screw Corporation and the surrounding area.

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Black and while aerial view of Elco Tool and Screw Corporation and the surrounding area.

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Color photograph of Elco Tool and Screw looking towards the building from Samuelson Road.

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Black and white photograph of female Elco Tool and Screw employee working at a manufacturing machine.

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Black and white photograph of an Elco employee carefully using one of the machines in the production area where he is monitoring how deep the drill is going into the piece of metal.
It appears as though the product was edited on this photograph…

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Black and white photograph of Elco employees at their annual company picnic. Two younger boys are holding fishing poles and other souvenirs from the company picnic.

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Black and white photograph of Elco employees at their annual company picnic. The children, various genders and races, are running towards the photographer with their families and trees lining the background.

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Black and white photograph of Elco employees at their annual company picnic. Two young children pose for the photographer with their souvenir toys from the picnic. Behind them is a vintage truck with "Elco Tool and Screw Corp." detailed on the…

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Full page of four photographs showing the construction process of Elco's building at 1111 Samuelson Road in Rockford.

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Black and white photograph of Darwin Miller. Mr. Miller is shown sitting at his desk with a pen in his hand. Mr. Miller was employed by Elco Tool and Screw Corp. for thirty-three years; as a Personnel Director and Vice President of Manufacturing.

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Black and white photograph of Darwin Miller. Mr. Miller was employed by Elco Tool and Screw Corp. for thirty-three years; as a Personnel Director and Vice President of Manufacturing.

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Full page of four photographs showing some of the employees at Elco. Names and dates of these photographs are unknown.

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Full page of four photographs showing some of the employees at Elco. Names and dates of these photographs are unknown.

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Black and white photograph of the site where the Elco factory would be built at 1111 Samuelson Road. The site was once nothing but farmland with a few outside buildings towards the right of the photograph. A dark vehicle is parked towards the center…

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Black and white photograph of an Elco employee with his back to the camera as he pulls a cage filled with product out of a watertub. This was presumably the last stop before the product was sent for its final inspection. This image is an alternate…

2018.78.298 96dpi wm.jpg
Color photograph of the "employee entrance" from the main parking lot at the Elco Tool and Screw building on Samuelson Road. The canopy was later removed and the building was expanded.

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Black and white photograph of an Elco employee standing next to a large machine in one of the production areas. The employee is stationed on the left hand side of the machine and seems to be evaluating something in his hand. There are other machines…

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Black and white photograph of an Elco employee standing next to a large machine in one of the production areas. It looks as though this machine uses flames to help in the creation of bolts and screws; like the ones rolling off the conveyor belt. When…

2018.78.249 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white photograph of an Elco employee pulling a cage filled with product out of a watertub. This was presumably the last stop before the product was sent for its final inspection. It appears as though the product was edited on this…

2018.78.302 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white photograph of an Elco employee as he pulls a cage filled with product out of a watertub. This was presumably the last stop before the product was sent for its final inspection. This image is an alternate view of another photograph…

2018.78.250 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white photograph of an Elco employee working on a large production machine. The employee is stationed on the left hand side of the machine and seems to be focusing on one side of the belt. Surrounding the machine is several metal tubs…

2018.78.281 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white photograph of an Elco employee working on a piece of machinery. The employee is seated and is holding a screw in each hand and is inserting each one into a separate part of the machine. It is unclear what is being done to the screws,…

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Black and white photograph of an Elco employee reaching in to one of four large spinning drums. Ten full pails of products (possibly screws) can be seen lined up along the floor in front of said drums, possibly waiting for their turn to be spun.…

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Black and white photograph of employees at Elco Tool and Screw Twenty Year Party hosted at the Faust Hotel on November 5, 1963. This particular photograph shows a table shot with employees and their significant others enjoying conversation and…

2018.78.264 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white group photograph of employees at Elco Tool and Screw Twenty Year Party hosted at the the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in 1970. This particular photograph shows a table shot with employees and their significant others. Based on the…

2018.78.265 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white group photograph of employees at Elco Tool and Screw Twenty Year Party hosted at the the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in 1970. This particular photograph shows a table shot with employees and their significant others sitting with each other…

2018.78.273 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white photograph of employees at Elco Tool and Screw Twenty Year Party hosted at the Faust Hotel on November 5, 1963. This particular photograph shows a table shot with employees and their significant others enjoying conversation prior to…

2018.78.272 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white photograph of employees at Elco Tool and Screw Twenty Year Party hosted at the Faust Hotel on November 5, 1963. This particular photograph shows a table shot with employees and their significant others enjoying conversation while a…

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Black and white photograph of employees at Elco Tool and Screw Twenty Year Party hosted at the Faust Hotel on November 8, 1951. This particular photograph shows table number eleven with employees and their significant others pausing one of their…

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Black and white group photograph of employees at Elco Tool and Screw Twenty Year Party hosted at the the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in 1970. This particular photograph shows table number six with employees and their significant others sitting with each…

2018.78.276 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white photograph of six Elco Tool and Screw employees. These men are standing in front of a John Deere tractor in what appears to be a construction site.

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Black and white photograph of four employees at Elco Tool and Screw Twenty Year Party hosted at the Faust Hotel on November 8, 1951. This particular photograph shows Rose Edstrom, Carl Segergren, Carl Anderson, and F.G. Richardson (specific order…

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Black and white group photograph of employees at Elco Tool and Screw Twenty Year Party hosted at the the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in 1970. In this particular photograph 18 employees stand together on the stage to pose for the photograph.

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Black and white photograph of Elco employees at their annual company picnic. Two male employees are posing for the camera with cigars in their mouths with the park in the background.

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Black and white photograph of six Elco employees standing in an office holding a plaque (possibly one that was just awarded to their department). Three of the six employees can be identified (from middle to right) Joe Stalter, Don Hardesty, and Al…

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Black and white photograph of three Elco Tool and Screw Corp. employees in the Engineering Department. Two men are sitting, working at drafting tables while the third is working in a back section of the office.

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Photograph of Elco Tool and Screw Corp. building located at 1111 Samuelson Road in Rockford. Date is stamped on the back as July 5, 1963.

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Black and white photograph of Elco employees at their annual company picnic. This particular view of the picnic was taken near the picnic tables in the shade of the trees. Families sit at the table, or stand near by, as a clown gets set up to…

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Black and white photograph of Elco employees working on machines. This photograph shows the vast number of machines that are available (it looks as though each employee would have his own machine). There are bins under each machine so it can be…

2018.78.269 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white photograph of employees at Elco Tool and Screw Twenty Year Party hosted at the Faust Hotel on November 8, 1951. This particular photograph shows four individuals (employees and spouses or just employees) posing for the photographer in…

2018.78.287 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white photograph of Elco employees at their annual company picnic. Two men and one woman standing posing for the photographer. In the background are a group of children and a large truck that was probably used to transport supplies for the…

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Black and white photograph of five Elco employees attending what appears to be a holiday party (Christmas tree in the background). On the back of the photograph the men are identified (from left to right) as Walt Samson, Hjalmer Broberg, Elmer…

2018.78.234 96dpi wm.jpg
Color photograph of two gentleman standing in a hot air balloon basket with Elco banners tied to either side. Date and location of this photograph are unknown.

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Black and white photograph of an Elco employee examining a finished bolt as it makes its way down the conveyor belt. When the products rolled off the belt they would fall into mental trays at the bottom of the machine. It was the employee's job to…

2018.78.239 96dpi wm.jpg
Black and white photograph of Jack Packard, former CEO of Elco, wearing a chefs hat and apron. Also in the photograph are women (possibly former Elco employees) looking at photographs of children while enjoying lunch.

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Black and white group photograph of employees at Elco Tool and Screw Twenty Year Party hosted at the the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in 1970. In this particular photograph John Kasper, Elco President, is shaking an employee's hand after Mr. Kasper…

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Black and white photograph of three Elco employees (a woman and two men) sitting together eating lunch in the cafeteria.
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