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The living room in Mr. Robert Tinker's estate. -
The parlor room in Robert Tinkers house in Rockford, Illinois. -
Robert Tinker's library in his Cottage estate located in Rockford, Illinois. -
Robert H. Tinker's house in Rockford, Illinois. -
The stair case to the second floor in the Tinker Swiss Cottage in Rockford, Illinois. -
An 1908 postcard looking across the Tinker property at the train station that was torn down many years ago. -
An 1957 picture of the Tinker Cottage showing the original wire rope bridge. -
A data plaque from my 1988 tour of the Tinker Cottage property. -
A history plaque from my 2005 tour of the Tinker Cottage. -
A Nelson Knitting machine on display in the Tinker Cottage. -
A Nelson knitting machine in the Tinker museum -
A Nelson Knitting machine on display in the Tinker Cottage. The Nelson factory is(abandoned) on the Tinker property. -
A visit to the Tinker Swiss Cottage in 2010 -
Across the river from the cottage -
In the Tinker Swiss Cottage gift shop area.