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Skandia Hardware

Skandia Hardware: Closing

January 25, 2020January 25, 2020Janet

 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.

40 Leaders Under Forty 2019, Advertising, Architecture, Business, General, streets 325 7th Street, 7th Street and 3rd Ave, Quitting Business, Skandia Hardware

Nicholson, Ahlex E., 1979 – obituary

October 20, 2016Jan

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Source:  Rockford Register Star April 11, 1979

Addresses, Business, Cemetery, Funeral Homes, General, Hospitals, Obituary 1945 began partnership in Nicholson Hardware, 1979, 303 8th St., 316 Roland Ave., Ahlex E. Nicholson, Dale Nicholson, died April 8 1979, Enoch Nicholson, Eskil Olson, Fred C. Olson Mortuary, Melvin Nicholson, Ray Ahlgren, Rev. Rudy Leidig, Rockford Memorial Hospital, Scandinavian Cemetery, Skandia Hardware

Skandia Hardware, 1942 – yearbook ad

October 20, 2016October 20, 2016Jan

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Source:  East High School 1942 Yearbook

See also Nicholson, Ahlex obituary; Nicholson Hardware articles

Addresses, Advertising, Business, General 1892 - 1942, 1942, 50th Anniversary, contractors, Corner 7th St. and 3rd Ave., houseware, Mill Supplies, paints, Skandia Hardware, stoves, Tools

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