“Second Round Play Starts in Industrial” – 1939, Legion Park

Source:  Rockford Morning Star July 22, 1939

Sundstrand, 1945-47 – RIAA basketball teams

sundstrand-way-we-were

Source: Rockford Register Star July 17, 2000  “The Way We Were”

Thayer Action Co. basketball team – Rockford Industrial Athletic Assoc.

Thayer Action

Source: 1941 Rockford Industrial Athletic Association yearbook

***1923-24 team pictured.    In 1941,  Thayer Action teams were limited to bowling and softball teams.

Thayer Action manufactured and produced piano action up to 500 units a day.

36th Annual RIAA Banquet – 1973, Henrici’s

36th RIAA - 1

Source: Copy of Program courtesy of Jack Rinaldo

36th RIAA - 2

36th RIAA - 3

36th RIAA - 4

Rockford Industrial Athletic Association – 1958-59

RIAA Postmen

Source:  Lou Ricotta, to Rockford Register Star 3/31/2011