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Copy of letter from the postmaster general in 1900 denying the request from the village of Steger to rename the local post office from "Columbia Heights" to Steger.

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"

"Rear view (west) of "Singer Piano Co: along C + E I R R"

Attached note reads "(west) Rear view of Singer Piano Co. near C + E I R R"

Songs of Kiwanis, 1921

128 pages of music

A stack of developed photos that feature locations from South Chicago Heights in 1974, including gas stations, stores, homes, playgrounds, and industrial areas.

Photo of volunteer SCH volunteer firefighters, 1939.

Middle row:
5 from left: Otto Heft
9th from left: Russell Wickwire, at one time the fire chief
10th from left: Edmund Heft, served as treasurer

South Chicago Heights Volunteer Fire Department, undated

Front Center
SHEP

1st Row
Alfonso D'Apice, Arthur Rogers, Frank DeLuca, Harry Martin
Lorenzo Pisterzi, Alfonso Iannucci, Emidio Bartolomei

2nd Row
Chief Russell Wickwire, Lawrence…

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