Winnebago County, IL (43 items)

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS

43 items    

Established: January 16, 1836

County seat: Rockford

1900 population: 47,845

Broadway S (Rockford) 1965 duplex as backstamp on 3x5 card

Durand 1970 machine cancel on cover

East Rockford S (Rockford) 1965 round dater as backstamp on 3x5 card

Grant B 1918 machine cancel on post card, view of Cantonment Barracks.  

     Camp Grant Post cards:  (All B&W) “Section of Barracks”; “Major General’s Quarters”; “Liberty Theatre”; Baseball game; Army YMCA crowd

Loves Park  1965 4-bar on 3x5 card

Pecatonica 1971 machine cancel on cover, KC Soil Service corner

Rockford 1854? stampless with “Paid 3” in circle, original contents; c.1880 cds on cover, “Chicago Carrier” backstamp; 1910 machine cancel on post cad; 1930 machine on First Flight cover w/ PM autograph; 1942 machine Defense Bonds slogan on post card of Morgan St. Bridge; 1971 machine cancel on cover; 1972 machine cancel on cover; 1977 machine cancel on cover.  

Post cards:  Downtown aerial view [linen]; “Girder Bridge, Looking East” [c.1910]; “North Side State Street Bridge” [1909]; Hotel Faust [chrome]; American Insurance bldg. [1909]; North Rockford Motel [chrome]; Park Motel [chrome]; Armory [linen]; Hospital [chrome]; Masonic Temple [1921]; Eastern Star Home [chrome]; Abraham Lincoln Junior High school [linen]; West Side High School [linen]; Methodist Church [chrome]; Eklunds Emporium [chrome]; “Illinois Boat and Dock” [c.1910]; River view [1907]

Rockton Post card: 2 Wagon Wheel (restaurant) [1 linen, 1 chrome]

Roscoe 1965 machine cancel on 3x5 card; 1971 “Pray for Peace” slogan on cover

Seward  blurred 1963 4-bar on small Postal Card

Shirland  1905 cds & target killer on cover, includes letter discussing establishment of a new RFD route; 1921 4-bar on post card; 1965 4-bar on 3x5 card