A Digital Collection of Rockford, Illinois History
Artist: Paul Bobrowitz (See artist’s website here: https://www.bobrowitzsculpture.com/about )
Title: Heels Over Head
Location: 333 E. State Street
Source: Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Rockford Public Art Trail.” Website Accessed 8/3/2023. https://www.gorockford.com/things-to-do/public-art-trail/
Artist: Leonardo Nierman
Location: This is sculpture is a is a 0.9 mile walk north of the Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens along the Rock River Recreation Path.
Medium: Stainless steel
Dimensions: Stands 23 feet tall
Source: Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Rockford Public Art Trail.” Website Accessed 8/3/2023. https://www.gorockford.com/things-to-do/public-art-trail/
Artist: Eddaviel Montero
Location: 765 N. Madison Street, Rockford, IL 61107
When: This 2021 mural was a collaboration with the Rockford Public Library to celebrate the Summer Reading Challenge “Reading Colors Your World” theme.
Source: Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Rockford Public Art Trail.” Website Accessed 8/3/2023. https://www.gorockford.com/things-to-do/public-art-trail/
A young library patron looks at the chicks. Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, June 2, 2023
Source: Morning Star July 31, 1972 p.3
Source: photographed by 7-year old Kenny Michaelis, at the 300 block of 15th Avenue, May 5, 1962
Undated. Probably taken at Campus Towers (see house on right back of photo). Note the change in type font and the lamp post logo, which dates it from the second half of the 1960s up until 1975, when the bookmobile stopping working.
Source: Photos by Patrick Yarbrough, during Rockford Public Library’s second Scan Day, February 25, 2023.
Source: mystateline.com, October 20-21, 2022
Source: Rockford Public Library Board Meeting, August 2, 2022
Source: Rockford Daily Republic, September 27, 1900; portrait by Peter Van Valkenburg
