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BROLIN, WILLARD AUGUST (ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS)


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BROLIN, WILLARD AUGUST (ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS)
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ArkivhistorikWillard August Brolin was born in Rockford, Illinois 1865. Died in 1949. Attended school in Rockford. After Highschool he went to Browns Business College (nightschool). Had a job as a molderat A.C. Thompson Foundry and as a clerk at the Railroad office before joining the Skandia Furniture Company as scretary-treasurer. Stayd in that position until approx. 1921.
Brolin was associated with a number of businesses either as main stockholder, president or director, such as:
Scandia Furniture CO., Secretary-Treasurer, stockholder.
Rockford Furniture CO., President, main stockholder. Org. by Brolin 1915.
Winnebago Furniture CO., President, stockholder.
Rockford Desk CO., President, stockholder.
National Mirror Works, President and Director, stockholder.
Litton Veneer CO., President and Director, stockholder.
Rockford Milling Machine CO., Director, stockholder.
Sundstrand Adding Machine CO., President and Director, stockholder.
Ornamental Brass Shops, stockholder.
Star Bit and Tool CO., stockholder.
Capital Iron Works, stockholder.
Archer Lumber CO. (Helena, Arkansas), President and Director, stockholder.
Lundell Land & Lumber CO., (Lundell, Arkansas), investor and stockholder.
Lindsay Orange Grove (Lindsay, California), investor and stockholder.
Inter Insurance Exchange, Secretary.
Peoples Bank (Rockford, Illinois), Director, stockholder.
Bennet Organ CO., President, stockholder.
Arlington Memorial Cemetery, President.
He purchased a farm in 1928. Another year and the Depression was a reality. Lost everything. orked at National Lock as a clerk for a year or two. Helped out in a grocery store 1940-1942. Started a vegetable garden in 1935 and continued with that until 1949.
The following papers reflect some of his business dealings, especially with the Sundstrand Adding Machine and its division U.S. Adding Machine Company in New York, NY.
Inventory taken and filmed February 1987 by Lennart Setterdahl. (Acc.nr. SEI 68/89.)
For more information on Willard Brolin see interview No. 307.

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