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51 unidentified boys and men employed at the Steger & Sons Piano Factory in October, 1911.
Bottom reads:
Steger & Sons Piano Manufacturing Company Employies Steger Ills Oct-1911

Water fight at Woodman Barbecue, 1911

"THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN WHEN STEGER AND SONS PIANO CORP. FIRST HAD ELECTRIC IN THE PLANT: DATE 1903. PERSON IN THE PICTURE IS JOHN V. STEGER II, AGE 3 YEARS OLD. DIED 1954. JOHN V. STEGER II WAS ABOUT TO PRESS THE BUTTON ON TABLE IN FRONT OF HIM TO…

Back of photo reads
"H H Ecen????
Photograph
Water Fight
Sept 2 1911
Woodman Barbecue
Stager, ILL"

Rear of Steger Piano Factory, circa 1900. Undated note says "Rear of the Steger Piano Factory looking SW from the C & E I Tracks, north of 34th St. circa 1900"

Minstrel Show, Steger Hall, 1917

Steger Piano Factory Demolished 1972. Undated note reads "The building the housed the Steger Piano Factory was demolished in 1972. K-Mart is now at that site." K-Mart closed in 2018 but the building remains.

Steger Piano Manufacturing Co. 1890s. Photo from A Pictoral History of Steger - the Early Years

Found on an undated poster at the Steger-South Chicago Heights Library with the following note attached:
"1. Original Steger Piano Factory;
2. Second Addition to the Factory;
3. Third Addition to the Factory;
4. Smith Nixon Piano Factory…

Highway Barber Shop, 1938. Submitted by Andy Paolella. Undated note reads "In front of the Highway Barber Shop, East side of Chicago Road, So. of 34th St. 1938. L-R: Police Chief Mike Kloss, Hank the Barber, Larry the Barber Paolella, and Andy…