Hickey Brothers Store Number Five
Third Avenue & 18th Street There’s an old saying, “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.” In the case of the Hickey Brothers Cigar Stores, it took only a single generation to found the business, manage its glorious expansion, and be devastated by its final bankruptcy. Two young Hickey brothers, William, 17, and John, 12, sold … [ Continued
People’s National Bank Building (Renaissance Building)
1729-31 2nd Avenue This postcard dates from about 1906, and shows the four-story People’s National Bank, located on the northwest corner of 2nd Avenue at 18th Street. Its publisher has carefully removed the surrounding buildings from the picture and has depicted the building as white. Ladies in long skirts and fancy hats chat on the … [ Continued
Hodgson’s Funeral Home (DeSilva House)
608 20th Street The postcard identifies this large familiar home as the Hodgson Funeral Home. That name tells us the card was published after 1941, when the Hodgson Mortuary moved from 17th Street to 608 20th Street and changed its name to Hodgson Funeral Home. Hodgson owners Alwin F. Lindoerfer and Walter Hesemen had announced … [ Continued
Elks State Convention Parade -1913
Second Avenue, East from 15th Street There was celebrating in Rock Island on June 3-5, 1913, when hundreds of Elks from across Illinois came to their 10th Annual State Convention. Local Lodge 980, five-hundred strong, with a waiting list of potential members, hosted the state delegates at their lodge at 111 18th Street (now home … [ Continued
