2nd and Walnut Streets
View from the top of Rockford City Hall, looking south along 2nd Street at Walnut Street. Centennial United Methodist Church is in the center of the photo.
City of Rockford Community Development Department
1980
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Boys' Club
Boys' Club building, 307 Walnut Street
City of Rockford Community Development Department
June 1979
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High School Building, Rockford, Ill.
A color depiction of Rockford's High School building at Madison and Walnut Streets surrounded by bare trees.
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High School building, Rockford, Ill.
Frontal color view of Rockford's High School building at Madison and Walnut Streets.
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85.109.671
High School, Rockford, Ill.
A black and white depiction of Rockford's High School building at Madison and Walnut Streets with a handwritten message scrawled around the edges of the postcard.
Postmarked 1911
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85.109.673
High School, Rockford, Ill.
A color depiction of Rockford's High School building at Madison and Walnut Streets.
Postmarked 1911
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85.109.663
High School, Rockford, Ill.
A color depiction of Rockford's High School building at Madison and Walnut Streets surrounded by trees.
Penfield's Book Store, Rockford, Illinois
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85.109.662
High School, Rockford, Ill. - 34.
A color depiction of Rockford's High School building at Madison and Walnut Streets.
E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Postmarked 1928
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Looking Southeast from City Hall
View looking Southeast from top of Rockford City Hall. The church in the middle is at 607 Walnut Street (originally 1st Congregational Church). It burned to the ground in September 2020.
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May 1978
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Looking Southeast from the Roof of City Hall
Downtown, looking southeast from the roof of Rockford City Hall at 425 East State Street. The church building was built as First Congregational Church at 607 Walnut Street. This church burned to the ground in September 2020.
City of Rockford Community Development Department
1981
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New High School Bldg., Rockford, Ill.
This postcard shows four views of what it touts as the New High School building in Rockford at Madison and Walnut Streets: an exterior view; the assembly room; gymnasium; and the swimming pool. A similar depiction can be found in postcard 85.109.668.
Postmarked 1915
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New High School Building, Rockford, Ill. - 28.
This postcard shows four views of what it touts as the New High School building in Rockford at Madison and Walnut Streets: an exterior view; the assembly room; gymnasium; and the swimming pool.
E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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85.109.668
Organized June 15, 1907. Tubas Nostras Flamas. High School Band, Rockford, Ill.
Black and white photograph of band members and their instruments in front of the New High School Building (see postcard 85.109(I).933) at Madison and Walnut Streets.
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Organized June 15, 1907. Tubas Nostras Flamas. High School Band, Rockford, Illinois. Madison Street and Walnut Street.
Black and white photograph of band members and their instruments in front of the New High School Building (see postcard 85.109.668) at Madison and Walnut Streets.
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Rockford City Hall.
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.
circa 1925
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Rockford High School
Rockford High School, corner Walnut and South Madison Street
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Rockford High School
Rockford High School, corner Walnut and South Madison Street
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Rockford High School
Rockford High School, 1906 addition, South Madison Street.
After 1906
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Rockford High School and Y.W.C.A., Rockford, Ill.
Long view looking south down tree-lined Madison Street with the high school on the right and the Y. W. C. A. building on the left. Rockford High School was located at Madison and Walnut Streets.
Acmegraph Co., Chicago, Illinois
Postmarked 1911
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Rockford Masonic Cathedral
607 Walnut Street, originally First Congregational Church, the building was also used as the Rockford Masonic Cathedral. It burned to the ground in September 2020.
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1978
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Rockford, Ill. City Hall
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.
Paul C. Koeber, PCK Series
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Rockford, Ill. City Hall
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.
Paul C. Koeber, PCK Series
Postmarked 1907
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Walnut and Kishwaukee Streets
Area around the corner of Walnut and Kishwaukee Streets looking southeast in February 1979. Visible are the Masonic Temple (built as First Congregational Church and destroyed by fire in September 2020) and a Mercedes Benz car dealership.
City of Rockford Community Development Department
1979
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Water Street Railroad Bridge
Water Street Railroad bridge looking south from south of Walnut Street in August 1978.
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1978
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Water Street Railroad Bridge
Water Street Railroad bridge (south of Walnut Street) in August 1978.
City of Rockford Community Development Department
1978
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Water Street Railroad Viaduct south of Walnut Street Railroad
The Water Street Railroad viaduct south of Walnut Street.
City of Rockford Community Development Department
circa 1980
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