Saloons; Lindell. -John Butsicaris standing outside of Lindell Saloon.

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Description:

View of John Butsicaris standing in front of the Lindell Athletic Club in Detroit, Michigan. "John Butsicaris and his brother Jim opened the Lindell Athletic Club in 1949 in the old Lindell Hotel on Cass Avenue and Bagley Street, christening their establishment the first sports bar in America. The place moved down the street to Cass and Michigan Avenues in 1963. By the 1950's, the Lindell Athletic Club had become the destination for athletes like Mickey Mantle and Wilt Chamberlin and entertainers like Milton Berle and Dean Martin, along with numerous actresses, politicians, judges, gamblers, and mobsters ... The Lindell Athletic Club closed in 2002," from "Detroit's Historic Drinking Establishments," by Victoria Jennings Ross.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1963-01-07T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Bars (Drinking establishments) and Businessmen

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc71083