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Motorcycle Show Opened Today By Rockford Club January 21, 1914
Tina Turner Performed in Rockford on January 22, 1983
Tina Turner performed at the MetroCentre in Rockford on Saturday, January 22, 1983.
Enjoy these newspaper advertisements, photographs, and an article of the event.
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 21, 1983, page 22.
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 23, 1983, page 6. Photography by Brad Burt.
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 24, 1983, page 2. Photography by Brad Burt.
Source: Pat Cunningham, Rockford Register Star, January 26, 1983, page 9.
Battle Ax plug tobacco advertisement on south side of D. J. Stewart building, 100 block of South Main Street
Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, November 16, 2021
Rockford is crawling with ghost signs, by Jim Hagerty, mystateline.com, October 20-21, 2022
Rockford is crawling with ghost signs
Source: mystateline.com, October 20-21, 2022
First Harley Davidson and First Gas Driven Truck in Rockford
Baseball Team Rides in the City’s First Gasoline-Driven Truck
The Ironbrew Bottling works owned the first gasoline driven truck in Rockford-a two-cylinder Rapid dated 1906. Members of the old Maroon baseball team are passengers in the truck, among them Hal Carlson, later a big league player, and Hilding Nelson, who played with the Three-I league. Everett Russ, son of E.T. Russ and part owner of Russ and company, is in the driver’s seat, and beside him is his sister Gertrude, now Mrs. Theodore Nells, 315 N. 3rd st. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle in Rockford, pictured at the rear of the truck, is manned by Carl Bladstrom.
Source: Register Republic June 16, 1952 p.46
Playboy Lounge, 206 N. Church Street, 1961-1969
Source: Rockford City & County Map, 1963 (Courtesy Maps, 427 Park St.)

The Ground Round Menu
Source: Ebay
Sunbeam advertisement Rockford Morning Star February 1, 1949
Source: Rockford Morning Star February 1, 1949 pg.6
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