Source: Rockford Daily Republic, September 27, 1900; portrait by Peter Van Valkenburg
Rockford Public Library
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.
Rockton Centre advertisements
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, February 21, 1963
Veterans Who Have Passed–Leo J. Brokish
Source:Â Rockford Register Star, July 1, 2020.
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