Laura Furman was curator at Tinker Swiss Cottage beginning in 1997. She became chief curator at Midway Village in 2006. There are 150,000 items in the archives. Source: Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Annual Guide 2019
Midway Village
“Coronado to fit in Metro Centre plan?” – Feb. 1978
Source: Rockford Morning Star 2/15/1978 and also Rockfordiana: Municipal Centers – 2, p. 14
Elmer C. Rudy – 2017 obituary
Source: Rockford Register Star 9-16-2017
Joe Giovingo murder, 1930 – Prohibition, Chicago gang
Gangland murder of Joe Giovingo, 8-14-1930, corner of Morgan and S. Main Sts,
Excellent quality photographs from Midway Village Museum
See pages 113 – 120
Murder and Mayhem in Rockford, Illinois by Kathi Kresol
R364.977331 KRESOL
Camp Grant
Source: postcard for sale on www.ebay.com photo is from 1917
Source: Rockford Register Republic 3/2/1941
Source: above photos of baseball players, from Camp Grant Clippings April 20, 1942 – July 7, 1942
Source: Rockford Register Republic 4/29/1942 & Camp Grant Clippings April 20, 1942 – 7-Jul-42
Source: Camp Grant Clippings April 20, 1942 – 7-July 1942
Source: Camp Grant Clippings April 20, 1942 – 7-Jul- 1942
Source: Rockford Morning Star 12/11/1957
Source: Rock River Times November 10-16, 2010 Vol. 18, No. 3
National Model Railroad Association – 2017
Source: Rockford Register Star 2/1/2017
Rock River Valley Events – Oct. 2016
Source: Rockford Register Star Oct. 16, 2016
Midway Village Museum, 2016 – Scarecrow Harvest Festival
Source: The Rock River Time, Oct. 5-12. 2016, Vol. 23, Vol. 51
Rockford Furniture Company History – compiled by Midway Village
*this list is incomplete, but correct in what is listed.
http://www.midwayvillage.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Rockford-Furniture-Factories-Packet.pdf
Source: Midway Village Museum via Jeff Aulik
Spectacular Saturday Series – Midway Village, 2016
Source: The Rock River Times, Jan. 6 – 12, 2016; Vol. 23, No. 12