Bohemian Hill - Photos of Buildings and Groups
Local History Indexes
Indexed Source
Harris, Nini. Bohemian Hill: An American Story, 1847-1928. St. Louis: St. John Nepomuk Parish, 2004. R 977.866 H313B and circulating copy
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| Subject | Page |
|---|---|
| Czech Catholic's first church, 1855 (St John Nepomuk Parish) | 7 |
| House in the 1600 block of 11th Street | 12 |
| 1860 ad for Abeles, Taussig & Co. dry goods store | 15 |
| 1863 ad for Parson & Co, manufacturer of flags, & military goods | 19 |
| Pictorial drawing of Bohemian Hill during the 1870's | 26 |
| Gothic brick church, 1870 | 27 |
| Interior of the Bohemian Church | 27 |
| Home of Bohemian physician, Dr. Frantz Arzt | 29 |
| Bohemian parish school building, 1884 | 30 |
| Sbor Slovan, a Bohemian music & theatre club, 1880's | 31 |
| Bohemian young ladies on the stage in the hall of the east school | 32 |
| Monsignor Hessoun, assistants, & primary students in parish school yard. | 34 |
| St John Nepomuk Church after the 1896 tornado | 38 |
| Bohemian Hill boys who found work in the Brown Shoe Company's shipping department | 44 |
| Phillip and Rose Fabick, Bohemian business patriarch and matriarch | 44 |
| Parish classroom | 46 |
| Members of the Catholic Sokol | 48 |
| Kubik sisters | 49 |
| John Betlach family | 49 |
| An invoice from 1910 for the Tower Grove Livery | 50 |
| Women working at the Sunlight Shoe Factory | 51 |
| Children being raised at the Hessoun Orphanage in 1914 | 51 |
| Wedding party, unidentified | 52 |
| Advertisement for Tichacek Brothers Painting Co | 56 |
| Betlach men gathered in front of Vavar Hardware Store at 1731 South 9th Street | 66 |
| Fabick's Ideal Motor Sales Ad | 67 |
| Parish school graduating class | 68 |
| Front page of the Bohemian newspaper, Hlas or The Voice, January 12, 1923 | 70 |
| Aerial photo of the Bohemian community, 1929 | 73 |
| Christ Healing the Sick stained glass window | 77 |
| Stations of the Cross, with Gothic Czech lettering | 77 |
| Members of the Young Men's & Young Ladies' Sodalites, 1931 | 80-81 |
| Depression era raffle ticket, 1932 | 82 |
| Members of the Young Ladies Sodalities costumed in calico | 83 |
| Ad for John Fabick Tractor Co | 84 |
| 1930 calendar provided by the Lafayette-South Side Bank | 85 |
| Vavra, Dorothy and John Kalbac wedding party, 1937 | 86 |
| Tickets for lottos, festivals, and raffles printed in Bohemian and English | 87 |
| Parish children taken at the beginning of World War II | 96 |
| Centennial procession, 1954 | 104, 105 |
| Kalbac, John and Dorothy Vavra wedding party, 1937 | 86 |