Croatians in America - photo collection by Vladimir Novak

Many thanks to Vladimir Novak for permissions and generous help during the preparation of these web pages. D.Ž., 2008

Part 1

Horsewoman by Antun Agustinčić, in front of the main building of the UN, New York
Joseph Hitrec, recipient of Harter's literary prize
Joseph Kralj (Joseph King), from Mrkopalj, Croatia, to Minnesota
Corporation Ilija Letica
Louis Svećenski, Croatian violinist in Boston Symphony Orchestra

Anthony Lucas (Antun Lučić) and The Lucas gusher
Marija Miletić - animator, designer, director and producer
Paul J. Yacich (Jasic), professional family motion picture and TV production, New Orleans
Joseph M. Martinac, builder of a multitude of vessels with uncompromising quality
Joe Marsh (Josip Marušić) - wrestler, actor, and Mr. Clean

Lt. Louis Cukela (Vjekoslav Lujo Cukela), awarded both the Navy and Army Medals
Croatians at the warship U.S.S. ARIZONA which the Japanese planes sank in 1941
Peter Tomich vessel, 1942
Medal of Honor for Peter Tomich by the President of the USA, in the name of the Congress
Funeral for John Barkigia, the 13 year old son of Kata Barkigia (Born Bogišić) from the village of Dubravica, near Dubrovnik
The first Croatian Home in the USA, built in 1874

The American ship honoring Tesla, built in 1943
Emil Blazevic, teacher of music and singing, with his own school of music in New York
A brass band in Los Angeles formed by the members of "Sokol" (The Falcon), a Croatian patriotic organization
Frank Hoffer from Karlovac, among the first who introduced the tamburitsa instrument to America
Florio Antonovich, with the ship Flying Cloud he made the record time from New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn

Tacoma "Wedding"
Gary Gabelich and the Blue Flame
Croatian Cultural Center of Chicago
Croatian Grocery in Aberdeen, Washington
Encounter of two worlds - American policeman and Steve Jovanovich from Metković, Croatia

Marcus Nalley, King of Potato Chips
Maxo Vanka: Immigrant Mother in America
Michael A. Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago and Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court

Stephen Babare, Croat shipbuilder in Tacoma, USA
Votive Chapel of Our Lady of Bistrica in the National Shrine, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Croatian Cultural Club of Joliet, Illinois
Croatian Pool Hall and Cigar Store, South Aberdeen, Washington
Poster announcing the play "Ciganin" ("The Gipsy") at the Croatian home in Chicago

Ruže Dalmatinke (Dalmatian Roses), Franulovich sisters, professional singers
Hrvati (Croatians), the American TV-film about Croatian fishing community of coastal town of Anacortes, Washington
Vela Luka Croatian Folk Ensemble,founded by Maria Petrish, born Franulovich
Fisherman's Packing Corporation in Anacortes, Washington
John M. Plancich, general manager
Croatian Radio Club in New York
Steve Bubalo, Herzegovinean construction giant in Los Angeles

Croatian national coat of arms woodcarved by Luka Biondić
Stained glass window above the main entrance of St. Anthony's Croatian Catholic Church in Los Angles, California.
Famous Croatian wrestler Marin Pleština
The New Orleans Slavonic tug-of-war team in 1892, probably the first Croatian atheltic organization in the United States
The Los Angeles Croatian Atheltic Club baseball team at Navy Field in San Pedro, California in 1932.
The Hlad Manufacturing Company in Chicago, early 1918
Louis Hlad in 1985

George Mikan, the greatest basketball player of the first half of the twentieth century, receiving the Helms Athletic Foundation Medallion
Dr. Michael (Mike) Pecarovich, very succesful football and baseball layer and coach for more than thirty years, inspirational leader, stage and motion picture actor, university professor and dynamic speaker
Fritze Zivic, welterweight champion of the world (1940-1941)
The Second Croatian National Congress organized by the Domobran in Chicago on
November 30, 1935
Franjo Mršić, a broadaster for the Voice of Croatia program in Chicago
Hrvatska Žena (Croatian Woman), Branch 1 of Chicago founded on January 27, 1929
The cover of the Croatian bimonthly magazine Hrvatica (Croatian Woman) founded in Chicago in 1977
The Croatian Woman's organization Hrvatska žena in festivities celebrating the 1932 World's Fair in Chicago
The fifth anniversary celebration and dedication of the flag of Hrvatska Žena (Croatian Woman) Lodge no. 1

Thousands of Croatians worked in stelle mills in Pittsburgh
Emil Mrkonic's legislative district office in McKeesport
Emil Mrkonic (center) in his office in McKeesport, Pa.
The Honorable Kay Rendina, Mayor of Masontown, Pa., shown in her office in 1987
The Croatian Band of Monessen, Pa., shown (1917) in front of the Croatian Home on Schoonmaker Avenue in Monessen
The new Croatian Home (1974) on Summit Avenue in Monessen
Rev. Gabriel Badurina, spiritual leader of the Sacred Heart Chruch
Interior of the new Sacred Heart Church in McKeesport, Pa

The above web pages appear on www.croatia.org, CROWN (Croatian World Network), directed by Nenad Bach

Prepared by Darko Zubrinic, Zagreb 2008