Sources: Rockford Morning Star, Dec. 7, 1934; black and white photos, 1939; color photo 2020, courtesy Chuck Abramson, moderator, Rockford Made It (Facebook entry posted Dec. 10, 2020).
Parks
Swans Have Cygnet
Source: Corina Curry, Rockford Register Star, July 19, 2020.
Black Hawk Statue Restoration Complete
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 8, 2020
Derricka Davis
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 30, 2019
Beattie Mounds Fund To Be Named for Van Pernis
Source: Rockford Register Star, Ken De Coster, May 3, 2019, p. A1.
Little-known ‘beauty’ gets major facelist
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 19, 2019.
Road construction crews among visitors to Rock Cut
Source: Rockford Register Star, April 22, 2019
Six Flags takes over at Magic Waters
Source: Rockford Register Star, April 18, 2019.
Sledding past gang graffiti, Sunset Park, as found in Rockford, Big Town, Little City, by Pat Cunningham.
This building is the bottom half of what was the Sunset Park shelter house, as identified by Jean Lythgoe. Compare with the 1917 photograph of Sunset Park and the partial photo of this one Note the concession window, the door, and the smaller window. The two other photos mentioned can be found in the Local History database.
Emerson Flower Preserve
Source: Illinois Academy of Science Transactions, Vol. 45, 1952 p. 41