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Vintage Photographs of Historic Polish Neighborhoods in Chicago

In conjunction with a story about changes in Chicago's Polish community produced for Chicago Public Radio, The PMA presents this photo gallery of historic images from Chicago's Polish past.

You can tune in to the story by clicking on this link http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/slideshows/20100129_polonia/index.html

A view of Milwaukee Avenue looking northwest from Ashland in 1906.

Southwest corner of Milwaukee Ave. & Ogden Ave, 1940s

St.Stanislaus' grammar school. Early 1900s

Subway building at Milwaukee, Division and Ashland. Milwaukee Avenue turn at Division Street, 1939

Subway building at Milwaukee, Division and Ashland. Six floors below the ground at 1174-1180 Milwaukee Avenue, 1939

A 1941 parade for National Defense Day, led by Mayor Ed Kelly, oragnized at the northwest corner of Milwaukee and Ashland avenues.

The Polish Museum of America, housed in the building of the Polish Roman Catholic Union, 984 N. Milwaukee Avenue, 1930s.

Procession marching in front of the PRCUA building to the St. John Cantius Church. 70 Anniversary of the PRCU, 1943

A crowd gathers at the Kosciuszko monument in Humboldt Park in 1930s after the May 3 Polish Consitution Day Parade

Władysław H. Sajewski standing in the front of his music store at 1017 Milwaukee Avenue. Ca. 1910

Kilinski's Ice Cream Parlor and Polish Grocery located at Thomas and Milwaukee avenues. In the late 1800s, it was common for eating establishments to serve either men or women. The "ice cream and eating saloon," which would not have served liquor, was considered a safe place for women and children to eat out.

Władysław Kloski's Inn at the southeast corner of Noble and Division. 1890. The awning identifies this as the Headquarters of the Kościuszko Guards. A few of the early frame storefront buildings are still standing on Noble Street today with their ground floor space converted to residences.

Parade by the parish buildings of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Chicago, Ill. The east-west street to the left of the church is Evergreen, formerly called Ingraham.

Gallery Added: Thursday, January 28, 2010

 

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