Northern Illinois Furniture Co., manufacturers, Burt Allen president, 1218 Ford Ave.
Source: 1929 Rockford City Directory
(No other years were researched)
Manufacturers
704 South Wyman Street
Race Street begins, Forbes begins (1954), Mill intersects (1954)
Rockford Electric Equipment Company, manufacturers
Source: 1937 & 1954 Rockford City Directory
J. L. Clark Manufacturing Co. – 1952 ad
Source: St. Thomas Catholic High School, 1952 Tolle Lege Yearbook ad
Clark, J.L. Manufacturing Co., L. H. Clark, Chairman of the Board, R. C. Rosecrance, President; W. R. Franklin, Vice-President; H C Gregory, Sec-Treas; Manufacturers of Tin Boxes, Cans, Flue Stoppers; 925 23rd Ave. at 6th St. Source: Polk’s 1952 Rockford and Loves Park City Directory
Intercity Box & Paper Co. – 1951 ad
Source: 1951 Polk’s Rockford City Directory
Main St., So., 712 – Reum Plastic Co.
Reum Plastic Co. manufacturers
712 So. Main St.
Source: 1960 Polk’s Rockford City Directory
Shoudy Manufacturing Company – 1891
Shoudy Manufacturing Company. This business is conducted by Israel Shoudy, with an invested capital of $10,000, and was established in 1888. Tank heaters, feed cookers, grinders, lawn mower attachments, and all other specialties are manufactured, with a force of ten employees. The business will foot up to $10,000 a year, with a pay-roll of $3,000. The building occupied is on South Wyman Street, on the water power, is of frame, 30×60′, two stories high, with a 30×40′ wing.
Source: “Industrial and Picturesque Rockford,” by Eugene Browne and F. Ford Rowe, 1891.
Rockford Iron Works – 1876
Rockford Iron Works, established 1847, Clark & Utter, proprietors, foundry and machine shop, broadcast seeder and cultivator and rake manufacturers, water power.
Source: 1876 Brainerd’s Rockford City Directory
Excelsior Furniture Co. – 1891
“Excelsior Furniture Co.. Organized in 1881, with a capital stock of $50,000. The present officers are Thos. D. Reber, President; August Haegg, Vice-President; C. F. Salstrom, Secretary and Treasurer. They manufacture a fine grade of parlor furniture. The annual output is $90,000. They employ seventy-five hands, with an annual pay roll of $35,000. The factory is of brick and wood, 60×100 and 80×100, three stories in height, with an engine house 60×20.”
Source: “Industrial and Picturesque Rockford,” Eugene Browne and F. Ford Rowe, 1891
“Excelsior Furniture Co., August Haegg, pres’t., Alfred C. Abramson, vice-pres’t.; Chas. F. Salstrom, secy. and treas.; Wholesale manufacturers of parlor furniture. Corner Seventh St. and Railroad Ave.”
Source: 1892 Philippi’s Rockford City Directory
Excelsior Furniture was located on Seventh St, between 6th and 7th Ave., corner of Railroad Ave.
North of the Illinois Central Railroad Tracks
Source: 1892 Winnebago County Atlas
Rockford Cabinet Co. – 1892
Rockford Cabinet Co., George F. Kellogg, prest.; A.D. Early, vice-prest.; C. H. Porter, secy and treas.; Manufacturers of wood mantels. Office and factory corner Central Ave. and Cedar St.
Source: 1892 Philippi’s Rockford City Directory
Rockford Burial Case Co. – 1892
Rockford Burial Case Co., L B Williams, prest.; W C Blinn vice-prest’ C L Grout, secy and treas.; Manufacturers of burial cases. Corner of Peach and Ogden.
Source: 1892 Philippi’s Rockford City Directory
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