| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Vaclav Snajdr Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Snajdr, Vaclav | | | | Dates: | 1869-1955 | | | | Abstract: | Vaclav Snajdr (1847-1920) was a Czech writer and journalist who moved to Racine, Wisconsin in 1869 to edit the newspaper Slavie. He later moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he began his own paper, Pokrok, in 1873. When it failed in 1876 Snajdr remained in Cleveland and started a weekly, rationalist newspaper, Dennice Novoveku, in 1877. Later he also published a Sunday paper, Jednota. From 1883 to 1886 Snajdr published Osvobozenych, and from 1891 to 1896 he published Organ Bratsoi of the Cesko-Slovanska Podporyici Spolecnost. Snajdr sold his newspaper and publishing business to Svet Publishing Company in 1910 but remained active in local politics and business. He retired in 1919 and moved to California. The collection consists of photographs of members of the Snadjr family, their homes and friends. | | | | Call #: | PG 185 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Snajdr, Vaclav, 1847-1920 -- Photograph collections. | Snajdr family -- Photograph collections. | Publishers and publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Frank Joseph Bardoun Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Bardoun, Frank Joseph | | | | Dates: | 1925-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Josehp Bardoun (1905-1988) was a prominent member of Cleveland, Ohio's Czech community who was a leader in many local and national Czech organizations, including the Czechoslovak Society of America and the Workers Gymnastic Union (DTJ). The collection consists of group portraits and views of LaSalle Club activities, primarily at Taborville, Ohio, and of the Worker's Gymnastic Union. Included are Taborville scenes, Vojan Singing Society photographs, athletic clubs, and photographs of the interior of Park Drop Forge in Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 137 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bardoun, Frank Joseph, 1905- -- Photograph collections. | LaSalle Club (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Workers Gymnastic Union (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Czech American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs.
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