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A picture of the Volunteer Fire Department in 1934. Top Row: Greenberg, Edward; Davis, Ross; Duenn, William; Schulenburg, Frank; Lips, Alex; Guenther, Edwin; Bencic, Steve; Second row: Winkelman, Elro…

This brick home was built in 1929 and in 1930 and 1935, it was home to William F. Neumann, a barber, his wife, Dorothy, and one child. In 1939, Louis Clark, a towerman for the Chicago and Northwestern…

A picture of the Volunteer Fire Department in 1933. Top row: Steve Bencic; Ross Davis; Frank Schulenburg; William Duenn; Alex Lips; Edwin Guenther. Middle row: Oswald Meyer; Edward Greenberg; Elroy Wi…

This house, which was at the corner of Sigwalt Street and Vail Avenue, was built about 1869 by the Schulenburg family. At the time of the great Chicago fire of 1871, refugees were housed here and in o…

Members of the 1914 Volunteer Fire Department were: John Sigwalt; John Heffernen; Louis Eichler; Otto Stein; Max Lorenzen; Charles Schuetz; Henry Meyer; Henry Niemeyer; George Volz; William G. Meyer;…

This two story farmhouse was built about 1903. In 1930, Louis Clark, his wife Christina, and their four children lived in this home, followed in 1935, by Russell Bates, who worked for Illinois Bell an…

This house, which was at the corner of Sigwalt Street and Vail Avenue, was built about 1869 by the Schulenburg family. At the time of the great Chicago fire of 1871, refugees were housed here and in o…

A picture of Hose Company No. 2 in 1914. Bottom Row: Jack Hefferen; William Wagner; Henry Wittenkamp; Ed Bolte; Mike Oefelein; Roy Harris; Richard Jahn; Louis Clark; Henry Horstman. Top Row: W. G. "St…