View of Minsk, 1912, closest city to Sam Eig's home town in Belarus. (Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress)
A typical District Grocery Store in DC, c.1940s. Though he eventually closed his own independent store, Sam Eig was later a shareholder in the DGS grocery chain.
Advertising brochure for the Eig Building--- a modern, multi-story office building finished in 1944. At right, the iconic Silver Spring Shopping Center, which is still a landmark today. [Click the arrow icon at top right of the image to view the brochure in full]
Shady Grove Music Fair's unique theater in the round began in 1962 as a big-top tent (below left), then Sam Eig built the enclosed structure in 1967 (below right) with a rotating stage incorporated. The building was demolished in 1982, four years after the venue closed permanently. (Montgomery History)