Source: Rockford Morning Star October 11, 1918
E P Lathrop
Emerson-Brantingham Co. – 1926
Emerson-Brantingham Co., C. S. Brantingham, pres; E P Lathrop v-pres; A T Jackson, v-pres; H H Biggert v-pres; C F Sanders sec-treas; farm implement manufacturers; end So. Independence Ave.
Source: McCoy’s Rockford City Directory for 1926
Rockford Hospital – 1926
Rockford Hospital, Blanche Easton, Supt.; Helen McInnes Supt. of Nurses, 507 Chestnut St.
Rockford Hospital Association; E P Lathrop, president; N F Thompson jr v-pres; 507 Chestnut St.
Source: McCoy’s Rockford City Directory for 1926
Burson Knitting Co. – 1892
Source The Morning Star Dec. 15, 1892
Emerson Carriage Co.
in business approximately 1909 – 1921
Emerson Carriage Co., Ralph Emerson, president, E P Lathrop, vice-president, C S Brantingham, sec and treas, 526 So. Main st
Source: 1911 McCoy’s Rockford City Directory
Emerson-Brantingham Company
Emerson-Brantingham Company
175 acres at the south end of Independence Avenue
Ralph Emerson, President
E. P. Lathrop, Vice President
C. S. Brantingham, Secretary and Treasurer
(Two illustrations on pages 52 and 53)
Source: “Rockford 1912”, 1912, R917.7331, R2682r, Rockford Public Library Local History Collection
Emerson-Brantingham Implement Co. 1917
“The E-B Line of Farm Machinery is built of the very best material obtainable —by experience workmen—-in the most modern, completely equipped implement factory in the world.” Established 1852. Source: page 7, 1917 McCoy’s Rockford City Directory Emerson-Brantingham Co., C S Brantingham president, E P Lathrop 1st vice-president, Fred Glover 2nd vice-president, J W McLachlan secretary and treasurer, manufacturers of agricultural implements, (factory located at) south end of Independence av. Source: p 264, 1917 McCoy’s Rockford City Directory