Source: Swanson, Don. Rockford (Images of America). Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia, c2012. Page 19.
John Nelson
Rosendahl Water Cure Resort
John Nelson, Knitting Machine Patent (1 of several) – 1879
Source: www.uspto.gov
Burson and Nelson Patent, 1870 – Circular Knitting Machine
Source: www.uspto.gov
“Furniture Center Lost Out to South” – 1968
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, Feb. 15, 1968; Sesquicentennial Edition. Feb 15-16
“Famed Nelson Machine Made Over Industry — 1938 article
Below: Column 4
Source: Rockford Morning Star March 20, 1938
Burson and Nelson Patent – 1874
Source: www.uspto.gov
Ziock Building
see also Rockford Automobile Show (1923, held in Ziock Building)
416-24 So Main St.
Source: 1937 & 1945 City Directory
2010
Above Source: www.ziock.org
Above, Gary W. Anderson Architects drawing with proposed changes
Source: Rockford Register Star 2/21/2014