The Croatian Cultural Club, founded in 1960, is dedicated to preserving  many of the original customs those ancestros brought with them from the "old country". Members of the Croatian Cultural Club of Joliet, Illinois, are pictured i front of the Club Hall at 1030 N. Hickory St., in 1973.

The club president, Nick Jurjevich (center in dark suit), holds a 1927 picture of the old Croatian Sea Lodge (Hrvatsko More). Founded in 1960, Joliet's Croatian Cultural Club supports a variety of activities such as annual festivals, kolo dancing lessons, a bowling tems, dinners, dances and various philantropic activities in the Joliet area.

Founders of the Joliet's Croatian Cultural Club, pictured in 1985 for the Club's 25th anniversary. They are, left to right, Mate Šikić, Louis Zdunich, Sr, and Marko Babić. Šikić adn Babić were a part of the post-World War II wave of immigrants that arived in the U.S. in the 1950s. Their entry into American society was eased and adjusted to the American way of life. Zdunich, himself an immigrant (1920), was responsible for asssisting many of his fellow-Lichans upon their arrival in the U.S.

Liberty fundraiser chairwoman, Deanie Gudac, presents certificate of recognition from restoration chairman Iacocca, to Croatian Cultural Club president Joseph Jelinek. Centuries old Croatian Coat of Arms can be seen behind them.

The Croatian Pool Hall and Cigar Store, built around 1916 at 223 W. Curtis Street, in South Aberdeen, Washington. It also housed a two-chair barber shop. On the second floor was the hall where the first Croatian lodges were organized, and the hall was also used for dances, with bands like the famous Zorich Family Orchestra performing. The building was torn down in the late 1940s.

A poster announcing the play "Ciganin" ("The Gipsy") at the Croatian home in Chicago. It was presented by the drama section of the club "Nada" ("Hope") founded in 1925. They were successful and sometimes they had audience of over 1000 visitors.