Site of Seeberville Shootings

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Title: Site of Seeberville Shootings
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Labor Movements, Human Settlements - Cities and Towns - Company Towns, Metal Trade - Copper Industry and Trade - Copper Mines and Mining
Condition: Good
Description: The Seeberville home where two strikers were killed and two wounded by deputies August 14, 1913 [Exterior photograph of house with group of men, women and children standing. This print of photograph was owned by a decendant of the Putrich family and includes notations of "dad," "mom," and "aunt" to indicate specific family members.]
Source of Description: Writing on image [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Joe and Elaine Putrich
Date of Photo: August 1913
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 8.5 cm x 13.6 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: Acc-05-069D-002
Collection Name: Acc. 05-069D
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• This is a view looking southeast of the Putrich house at #17 Second Street in Seeberville. The man labeled Dad" is Joseph Putrich, the woman labeled "Mom," is Antonia Putrich, the woman labeled "Aunt," is Josephine (Grubesich) Tijan, and the others are likely the Putriches' children and boarders/relatives.According to Kim Hoagland in her article "The Boardinghouse Murders: Housing and American Ideals in Michigan's Copper Country in 1913," Croatian immigrants Joseph and Antonia Putrich rented the house from the Copper Range Mining Company. At the time these photos were taken, they had four children under the age of four, one hired girl, Josephine Grubesich (Antonia's sister), and ten male boarders, including Joseph's brother Steve Putrich, who died in the shooting, and his nephews Albert and Louis Tijan (Louis also died in the shooting, and Albert later married Antonia's sister Josephine). The other boarders included John Kalan and his eighteen-year-old son Slave, John Stimac, and two others. This is a rare view of a working-class, boarding house interior. - Jeremiah Mason, with thanks to Kim."
3/17/2009 4:39:14 PM by Anonymous