Source: Rockford Register Star, Jeff Kolkey.
Rockford Watch Company
Harlem Boulevard
Harlem Boulevard (was Harlem Avenue)
Hosmer P. Holland
Hollard Gerguson & Company; Real Estate, Title abstractors
Sec-Treas Rockford Watch Company
Source: 1880 Rockford City Directory
Rockford Industrial Athletic Association
Rockford Industrial Athletic Association
In 1913, the Free Sewing Machine Company was champion of the Factory League
Also that year, the Rockford Watch Company led the Commercial League
Source: 1913 Rockford Park District report
Rockford Industrial Athletic Association
Rockford Industrial Athletic Association
Factories include: Andrews, Free Sewing, Barber-Colman, Trahern Pump, Hess and Hopkins, Kurtz Action
(Trahern Pump was replaced in 1914 by Haddorff Piano)
Commercial Loop includes: Clark Manufacturing, Rockford Watch, Rockford Malleable, Burson’s Knitting, Central Union Telegraph, Rockford Printers
(Rockford Printers was succeeded in 1914 by Woodward Governor)
Hal Carlson went on to play for the Chicago Cubs, and Fred Schulte went on to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates (Both were from the Free Sewing Machine Company)
“Turk” Skurski of Amerock was a top player, and Lou Coletta and Tony Vella of Barber-Colman were minor leagers
Source: Rockford Register, 12/24/1955
Rockford Industrial Athletic Association – R. I. A. A.
Rockford Industrial Athletic Association – R. I. A. A.
In the 1913 Factory League: Andrews Wire, Kurtz Action, Free Sewing Machine Company, Hess and Hopkins, Barber-Colman, and Trahern Pump Company
In the 1913 Commercial League: Rockford Malleable, Clark Manufacturing Company, Rockford Watch Company, Central Union Telephone, Printers, and Burson Knitting Company
Source: Rockford Morning Star, 08/13/1913, also in Rockford Public Library’s “Rockfordiana” files, “R. I. A. A.”
1033 Harlem Boulevard
1033 Harlem Boulevard
Residence of E. F. Brown, miller
Also residence of Miss A. A. Brown, bookkeeper at Forest City Electric Light and Power Company, residence of Mrs. Laura A. Fabrique, clerk at L. Moulthrop, and residence of Oscar L. Fabrique, employed at Rockford Watch Company
Source: 1894-95 Rockford City Directory
1030 Harlem Boulevard
1030 Harlem Boulevard
Residence ofThomas Griffin
Employed at Rockford Watch Company
Source: 1894-95 Rockford City Directory
Holland Hosmer P.
Hosmer P. Holland
Secretary and Treasurer Rockford Watch Company
Res: Harlem Avenue
Source: 1880 Rockford City Directory
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