Rockford is crawling with ghost signs
Source: mystateline.com, October 20-21, 2022
Rockford Public Library
Library construction–parking area
Source: Rockford Public Library Board Meeting, August 2, 2022
William Leonard Rowland, first librarian, Rockford Public Library, died September 27, 1900, buried in Greenwood Cemetery
Source: Rockford Daily Republic, September 27, 1900; portrait by Peter Van Valkenburg
Rockford Public Library Dog, from Kathi Kresol Online, published in the Rock River Times, April 13, 2022
Azro Goodwin Nellie Goodwin Rew Robert Rew Rew house; was Julian-Poorman funeral home in this photo, 1950s, today, Julian- Poorman-Welte funeral home, 304 N. 5th Street
Rockford Public Library, 215 N. Wyman Street, pylons being pounded in, update October 29, 2021
Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, 10-29-2021
Rockford Public Library groundbreaking ceremony, 215 N. Wyman Street, October 20, 2021
Dignitaries included Mayor Tom McNamara, library board president Paul Logli and director Lynn Stainbrook. Scandroli Construction Co. is building the new library at 215 N. Wyman Street.
Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, 10-20-2021
Photo of remodelled Rockford Public Library, the Compleat Librairie, 1969
Source: Pamphlet for the remodeled Rockford Public Library, 1969. Note that North Wyman Street was a one-way south at that time.
County’s First Census in 1835
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, May 3, 1940
Early Day Rockford Narrowly Escaped Going to Wisconsin
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, May 10, 1940
New Library To Be Built In 2021
Source: Corina Curry, Rockford Register Star, July 13, 2020.