Source: Rockford Morning Star, Sept. 26, 1959.
Skandia Hardware building from google.com (image captured May, 2019). Skandia Hardware sign is still
visible in window left center. The business closed in September of 1959.
Skandia Hardware
Nicholson, Ahlex E., 1979 – obituary
Source: Rockford Register Star April 11, 1979
Skandia Hardware, 1942 – yearbook ad
Source: East High School 1942 Yearbook
See also Nicholson, Ahlex obituary; Nicholson Hardware articles