Source: Swanson, Don. Rockford (Images of America). Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia, c2012. Page 19.
Buildings
Schleicher Printing, 426-428 E. State Street, fire, January 25, 1987; building later demolished
Source: Rockford Labor News, January 30, 1987
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
“Hosiery Firm Plans to Build – Leave Old Plant” (article from 1950)
Source: ROCKFORD MORNING STAR, June 22, 1950, pg 8.
“In New Warehouse” – Lorden Storage Company, Inc. (article from 1951)
Source: Published in Morning Star, April 1, 1951, pg. 48.
Manikin Hosiery Company Building (currently the Lorden Building in Davis Park)
Source: Sanborn Map Company, 1913, Vol. 1; Republished, 1951.
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection website (accessed 9/8/2022).
See “Image 22” online: https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn02127_008/
Source: 2022 Google Maps view of the building known as the Lorden Building, located in Davis Park/Founders Landing, maintained by the Rockford Park District.
B.Z.B. Knitting Company Building (currently the Lorden Building in Davis Park)
Source: Sanborn Map Company, 1913 (with last corrections made Sep. 1928), Vol. 1, sheet/page 24. Located in Rockford Public Library’s Local History Room.
2022 Google Maps view of the building known as the Lorden Building, located in Davis Park/Founders Landing, maintained by the Rockford Park District.
Gas tanks built by Rockford Gas Light & Coke Company on South Avon Street, built in 1928-1929, razed in 1962 by its successor, Central Illinois Electric and Gas Company
Source: Rockford Republic, May 29, 1928 and Rockford Register-Republic, January 5, 1962
Red Cross building, moved from Camp Grant to 727 N. Church St. in 1947; in 1990, 7051 square feet added
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, November 22, 1947, and google.com image captured August 2021
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, November 22, 1947 and google.com/maps Image captured August 2021