Source: The Rockford Labor News, Sept. 6, 1985, front page Vol. LXXI, No. 36
Hall
Rainbow Gardens, ad – 1941
Source: Rockford Labor News 7/10/1941
Immigration Histories of Rockford Italian Families – 2018, Mike Doyle and Frank Perrecone
Source: Immigration Histories of Rockford Italian Families, compiled by the Greater Rockford Italian American Association, edited by Mike Doyle, and Asst. Editor, Frank Perrecone
R977.331 IMMIGRATION New in Rockford Public Library’s Local History and Genealogy Dept. March 2018
Sample page below.
“Real Estate Boom Dooms Famed Dance Fall Village” – 1964, Rainbow Gardens
Source: Rockford Morning Star Feb. 16, 1964
Elco – “It’s Always Showtime for Firms – 1968
Source: Rockford Register-Republic Monday, Nov. 4, 1968
Rainbow Gardens – Rockford Labor News, Apr. 29, 1955
Source: Rockford Labor News, April 29, 1955
First City Theater, 1865 – in Brown’s Hall
Source: Rockford Morning Star and Rockford Register Republic “Century Plus 10” Special Edition, March 1962
Giuseppe Verdi Society – 1997
Source: Festa Italiana 1997 Souvenir Paper
Hilding Dinner – 1957, Hilding Lodge
Source: Rockford Labor News, Friday, December 6, 1957
Parkinson, Lord
presides in Guilford Hall
Source: Rockford Morning Star 2/2/1899