North End Table and Chair Co., 2434 Fremont St., Gust Larson, John Peterson
Source: 1928, 1929 Rockford City Directories
(only these two directories were checked so far)
John Peterson
Beyer Stadium
Source: Re-Dedication Ceremonies Program June 5, 2010
“Rockford pro-Am lands pros, ponders moves” – 2015
Source: Rockford Register Star 7-14-2015
Tee Kettle – 6-2-1968
Source: Rockford Morning Star June 2, 1968
Skandia Plow Company – 1891
The Skandia Plow Company. Located at the corner of Cedar and South Court Streets. The capital stock is $125,000. The present officers and directors are: P.A. Peterson, President: John Peterson, Vice-President; J.A. Lundgren, Secretary and Treasurer. They manufacturer a line of gang and sulky plows, corn planters, check-rowers, harrows and cultivators. Annual product: $200,000, and employs eighty-five hands, with an annual pay-roll of $42,000. Factory 45×100′ and 40×100′, three stories high, with blacksmith shop 60×120′, and warehouse 50×100′.
Source: “Industrial and Picturesque Rockford,” by Eugene Browne and F. Ford Row, 1891