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Klawitter Family Homestead 1 balance lite dark.jpg
From John Klawitter:

"Did you know that my grandfather, Robert Reinhold Klawitter built the house just down the street from you at 3004 Chicago road, hand built by himself in 1906 from blueprints he bought from the Sears & Roebucks Catalog? ...…

Photo First Congregational Church 1900.jpg
First Congregational Church, 1900. Undated attached note reads "First Congregational Church -- original building on the corner of Steger Rd. and Florence -- 1900"

First electric in plant 1903_Page_1.jpg
"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…

Photo Highway Barber Shop 1938.jpg
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…

History of SCH Michalek.pdf
A written history of South Chicago Heights

Photo Home of the Steger Piano.jpg
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…

Photo Minstrel Show Steger Hall 1917.jpg
Minstrel Show, Steger Hall, 1917

Browns Hotel History article.pdf
Newspaper article discussing history of Burgel House, which once stood on the northwest corner of Sauk Trail and Chicago Road in South Chicago Heights.

Piano Label_Page_1.jpg
Appears to be a label placed on pianos. Still attached to backing, never applied.

Postcard 1_Page_1.jpg
"Greetings from Steger, Illinois"
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