Majetic Saloon photographs, [ca. 1902-1903]

  • Collection ID 2006.0183.1-4
  • Creator Names Majetic, John.
  • Title Majetic Saloon photographs [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1902-1903]
  • Physical description 4 photographic prints : b&w ; 10 x 12 in. and smaller.
  • Collection summary Interior and exterior views of saloons owned by John Majetic, a Croatian immigrant in the South Chicago neighborhood of Chicago (Ill.). The saloon located at 8902 S. Strand Avenue (later known as Avenue O) closed ca. 1902-1903 as the other saloon opened at 8957 South Green Bay Avenue. Many customers were Eastern European immigrant steel workers employed at the nearby South Works steel mill. Mr. Majetic spelled his name differently on the outside saloons signs: Majetish and Majetich. A sign on the outside of the South Green Bay Avenue location reads "Horvatsko Slovenski Dom" or "Croatian Slovene Home." Eugene Majetic, grandson of John Majetic, is the little boy pictured in the Strand Avenue saloon photographs.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Eugene Majetic, grandson of John Majetic (2006.0183.1-4).
  • Names
    • Majetic, John Portraits.
    • Majetic, Eugene Portraits.
    • Majetic Saloon (Chicago, Ill.)
    • 8902 South Strand Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
    • 8957 South Green Bay Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Croatian Americans Illinois Chicago 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Immigrants Illinois Chicago 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Bars (Drinking establishments) Illinois Chicago 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Iron and steel workers Illinois Chicago 1900-1909. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 1900-1909.
    • South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) 1900-1909.