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Rockford, IL
Posted by Bruce Frierdich on Monday, November 19, 2018 9:21 PM

Hi, I‘m interested in modeling Rockford in the ‘50s.  Anyone Know any good sources for photos and maps?

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 11:37 AM

Google, image function would be one place to start.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 12:43 PM

Shorpy may or may not have any images of interest.  Sometimes it's a treasure trove, sometimes it's complete devoid of any images of a given area.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 8:35 PM

For a historical topographic map go to:

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#4/39.98/-100.06

Enter   rockford, il   into the location box,

Click on 1949, Scale 1:24000

You can click on the map icon to view the map.

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