Source: Ebay
Restaurants
Ground Round closes after 33 years (2004)
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 6, 2004
Baci’s Kitchen, 2990 N. Perryville Road
Source: Northwest Quarterly, Winter 2020
The Red Garter 308 East State 1958 owners Bob Salamone and Phil Salamone
Source: Register Republic February 1, 1958 pg.16
Post Card- Ebay image
Angle Inn Cafe, 3100 N. Rockton Ave.
Source: Rockford Morning Star, June 28, 1963
Veterans Who Have Passed–Tony Walker
Source:Â Rockford Register Star, June 2, 2020.
Veterans Who Have Passed–James Byron Cooper
Source:Â Rockford Register Star, Apr. 27, 2019.
Arthur A. Eklund, obituary, 1943
Sources: Rockford Morning Star, January 7 and January 8, 1943
Eklund Bros. Cafe (1923-1946), 614 7th Street, Originators of the Smorgasbord in Rockford
Postcard, circa 1941
Theater Listings
Source: Morning Star December 4, 1954 p.9