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New Furniture Store 14th Ave March 4, 1912

May 9, 2020Marie

Source: Rockford Daily Register Gazette  March 4, 1912

Addresses, Buildings, Business, Furniture, General, Neighborhoods, streets 1121 Broadway, 1209 - 1211 Fourteenth Ave., 1209 Fourteenth Avenue, Bloomquist Furniture, C.J. Carlson, Furniture, Gust E Bloomquist, Lauerman Bros, Lauerman Brothers, Rockford Furniture and Undertaking Company, Southeast End

Meet The Artist: Tom Asher

February 3, 2020Janet

 

Source:  Rockford Register Star, Scott P. Yates, Oct. 21, 2019.

Art and Artists, General, Music and Musicians, Profession Furniture, making and repairing instruments, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nicaragua Revolution, podcast, Regist Star newsroom, Rockford Symphony Orchestra, Sandinistas, trinket boxes, trumpet player, violins, wood craftsmanship

Advertisement Diamond Furniture Company November 24, 1890

August 16, 2019Marie

THE ROCKFORD DAILY GAZETTE  November 24, 1890  pg. 1

Furniture, General 407 S Court, 407 South Court St, Diamond Furniture Company, Furniture, library chairs, office chairs, Rockford Platform Balance Rockers

Empire Manufacturing Co., ad – October 1927

April 3, 2018April 3, 2018Jan

Source:  The Rockford Furniture Herald, October 1927, Page Nineteen

Furniture, General, Manufacturer Empire Manufacturing Co., Empire Mfg. Co., Furniture, Oct. 1927, Page Nineteen, The Rockford Furniture Herald

Benson Stone Co., ad – 2017

May 18, 2017Jan

Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine, p. 11, Winter 2017, Vol. 14, no. 1

www.bensonstone.com

 

Addresses, Business, Furniture, General 1100 Eleventh St., BBQ Grills, Benson Stone Co., Cafe serves breakfast and lunch, Established 1930, Family owned since 1930, Fireplaces, Furniture, Granite, HearthRock Cafe, Home Decor, Kitchen and Bath Design, Lighting, www.bensonstone.com

Henry Lindberg Home Furnishings – 1940, photo

April 24, 2017Jan

Source: 1940 Polk’s Rockford City Directory

Addresses, Business, Furniture, General 1940, 218 S. Main St., Bedding, Carpets, Electric Refrigerators, Furniture, Henry Lindberg, Home Furnishings

A.C. Burpee Furniture, Upholsterer and Undertaker – 1993

March 31, 2017Jan

110 West State St.

Source: Rockford Daily Register 9/14/1893

Addresses, Business, Furniture, General, Manufacturer 110 West State St., 1893, A. C. Burpee and Son, Cot Beds, Folding Chairs, Folding Tables, Furniture, Indoors and Out, Settees and Chairs, south side of State St., Upholsterer and Undertaker

Ye Gyfte Shoppe – 1926

November 19, 2016Jan

ye-gyfte-shoppe

Source: McCoy’s Rockford City Directory for 1926

Addresses, Business, General 124-126 So. Church St., 1926, art objects, china and crystal, Furniture, Louise D. Hill, unique gifts, Ye Gyfte Shoppe

John Maas – 1957, General Auction Service

July 6, 2016Jan

John Maas

Source:  1957 Farm Plat Book Winnebago County Illinois Sponsored by Union Grange No. 811 Inc.

Advertising, Business, General 1957, 40 years experience, Furniture, General Auction Service, John F. Maas, livestock, Real Estate, Stillman valley IL

Elco Tool and Screw Corporation – 1926

June 4, 2016Jan

Elco Tool

Source: 1926 McCoy’s Rockford City Directory

 

Addresses, General, Manufacturer 1800 Broadway, Carriage Bolts, Discs, Elco Tool and Screw Corp., Fixtures, Furniture, hardware, Jigs, lag screws, Machine Screws, Machinery, Precision Tools, Pressing Tools, Special screws, Stampings, Wood Screws

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