Source: “Budlong Opens Palm Apartment Building May 1,” Rockford Republic, April 30, 1925; “The Palm Apartment Building Now Completed,” Rockford Daily Register-Gazette, May 2, 1925; building photographed by Jean Lythgoe, August 17, 2020
Buildings
417 Walnut Street, built in 1890 by Bengt Nelson
Sources: Rockford Daily Gazette, Dec. 20, 1890 and google.com/maps Image captured May 2019
Permits Required to Construct Buildings
Source: Rockford Morning Star, May 28, 1919
Lillian Cavataio in an undated photo for Lillian’s Fashions at Rockton Centre
Source, Rockford Register Star, January 11, 2009
New Library To Be Built In 2021
Source: Corina Curry, Rockford Register Star, July 13, 2020.
News Tower Chicks Get Names And Ankle Bracelets
Source: Georgette Braun, Rockford Register Star, June 17, 2020.
Theodore Tinker came back to Rockford for a visit, and recalled life at Tinker Cottage
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 6, 1981
Midway Theater advertisement 1965
Source: Rockford Morning Star 12-12-1965 p.81
Theater Listings
Source: Morning Star December 4, 1954 p.9
Madison Street…An old Italian neighborhood gradually yields to change
Source: Register Star October 9, 1977