Source: Rockford Register Star, July 6 and 8, 2002.
Mrs. Hyde also created the index cards for the “Nuggets of History” file in the Local History Roo.
A Digital Collection of Rockford, Illinois History
Source: Rockford Register Star, July 6 and 8, 2002.
Mrs. Hyde also created the index cards for the “Nuggets of History” file in the Local History Roo.
Source: Nuggets of History [Rockford Historical Society]; Summer 2017 issue, Vol. 56, Number 2; cover shown. Article by Amanda Becker.
Nine page article mentions the following restaurants and restaurateurs: The Irish Rose, Stockholm Inn, Der Rathskeller, Capri and Linos, The Smokehouse Barbeque and Alvarez Restaurant, Mike Leifheit p. 4, Eklund Brothers Café p 4, Sweden House Restaurant p. 4, The Stockholm Inn p 4, The Brad-Lynn Restaurant p 4, Gus and Maxine Peterson p 4, Jim and Vera Osborn p. 4, John and Elaine Bilka, p 4, The Lingonberry Group, p. 4, Der Rathskeller Restaurant p 5, Fred Goetz p 5, Betty Giesen, p 5, Dick Giesen, p 5, Michael DuPre, p 5, Dom’s Restaurant p 5, Leonardi’s Restaurant p 5, Maria’s Restaurant, p 5, Capri Restaurant p 6, Vito Grisanzio p 6, Domenic Grasanzio p 6, Michael and Pat Battista p 6, Lino’s Restaurant, p 6, Joe Battista p 6, Frank Zammuto, p 6, Zina Horton p 6, El Dorado Club p 6, Archie “Papa” Hawkes, p 6, BB’s Soul Food Restaurant, p 7, Boria Blankenship p 7, Box’s Barbeque p 7, Smokehouse Authentic Bar-B-Que p 7, Gail and Stanley Fort, p 7, Wong S. Fong, p 8, Mandarin Gardens p 8, Lung Fung, p 8, Imperial Palace p 8, Kuma’s p 8, Wong’s p 8, Peking Restaurant p 8, Victor Yu, p 8, Great Wall Restaurant, p 8, Paul Wang, p 8, Gene and Suzy Wang, p 9, Yen Ching, p 9, Wen “Alex” Zeng, p 9, Alvarez Restaurant, p 9, Frank Alvarez, p. 9, Olympic Tavern p. 9, Guy Mutimer, p 9, Anthony Rotello, p 9, Town Hall Tavern, p 9, Chicken Charlie’s, p 10, The Feather Club, p 10, Ross’s, Piano Players, p 10, Gibby Anderson and Vern Ott, p 10, The Little King, p 10; Ten Stop-It, p 10, The Saddle and Cycle, p 10, Welch’s, p 10, Jacks or Better, p 10, Lee Pizzuto, p 10, Mike Pizzuto, p 10, Hick, Hickey’s, Johnson’s and Erwin’s, Little Italy, p 10, North Main Manor p. 10, The Blackhawk, p 10, The Grotto, p 10, D’Augostine’s, p 10, Jim Cantrore, p 10, Jimmy Vitale, p 10, Jungle Jim’s, p 10, Stone Eagle, p 10.The Branding Iron, p 11, The Last Straw, p 11, The Mayflower Restaurant, cover.
Source: Rockford Streamlined, 1834 – 1941, page 81
Between the rounded top of the center door on first floor and the 3 windows above that, you can see the whiter carved-in-cement letters of Manufacturers National Bank.
The Robert Borden photograph from the Rockford Historical Society Robert Borden Collection below, was taken in 1976 and shows the black raised letters spelling out Rockford City Hall went up over the carved Manufacturers National Bank as a temporary solution to identifying the building.
***See the parking meters?
In August of 1993, City Hall’s sign was replaced with one that was carved-in-concrete.
Website includes Index of their publication “Nuggets of History.”
Volumes 1 and 2 are available online.
Index is searchable, such as by an author or title of published article.
[June 2017]
Source: Nuggets of History, May-June 1973
Source: Nuggets of History, Vol. 50 Sept 2012 Number 3 9 pages
See Rockford Historical Society’s Nuggets of History Vol. 53 No. 2, Spring 2015 Article by Carol J, Fox
The original sock monkey was made with Nelson Knitting Co. red-heeled socks (red heels since 1932) of Rockford, Il in business from 1880 – 1992.
In 1953 Helen Cooke from Aurora, IL patented the sock monkey. She sued Mr. Stanley Levy for patent infringement. Levy enlisted the help of Nelson Knitting Co., of Grace Winget, who made a sock monkey in 1951. Nelson Knitting Co., then bought all patents for the sock monkey until it expired in the 1970’s.
Joan Sage, marketing director of Midway Village and Museum Center, inspired by Chicago’s fiberglass Cow Parade, suggested that Rockford could do similar with Rockford as the Hometown of the Sock Monkey. In 2004-5 businesses and individuals were asked to sponsor six-foot tall fiberglass sock monkeys, Lpcal artists designed each monkey.
Where they are located: [pictures of each in the article] additional information in article
Source: Nuggets of History, Midway Village, 2015 President: Scott Lewandowski
Source: The Rock River Times Sept 7-13, 2016
Source: The Rock River Times Sept 7-13, 2016
Source: Robert Borden Collection, Rockford Historical Society. The original was very probably in “Rockford 1902” by Wheat,
Source: Nuggets of History, bulletin of the Rockford Historical Society, July August 1965