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Polonia memorabilia to be discovered in lots of locations
•David Franczyk
FATHER CORNELIAN DENDE SAVES
IMPORTANT PIECE
OF POLISH HISTORY
A treasure trove of fascinating objects, artifacts, books, paperwork and artwork works of curiosity to these in search of memorabilia of Polish or Polish-American historical past and tradition typically will be discovered “hiding in plain sight” at venues all through Western New York and past. Accrued over many many years these as soon as thought misplaced or discarded objects could also be ready to be rediscovered by these with a discerning eye. However the seeker of this stuff must have information, persistence, a capability to determine necessary items, however most of all, the intuition of a treasure hunter.
My curiosity to find Polish memorabilia was kindled within the Sixties by a narrative advised by Father Cornelian Dende, director of the Father Justin Rosary Hour, as soon as the most important Polish language broadcast program in North America. Father Cornelian was a very good household pal and regaled us about how he discovered a sixteenth century ebook on Polish historical past in a rubbish bin at an area East Aspect church (which shall stay anonymous). The Franciscan was advised he might have the uncommon tome as a result of it was simply among the previous junk they have been throwing out. Little did they know.
Remembering that incident within the Nineteen Eighties, I obtained a name from East Aspect activist Andrew “Andrzej” Goliebiowski who frantically advised me that he was watching individuals at one other East Aspect church (additionally remaining anonymous) dumping massive quantities of papers, photos and paperwork right into a dumpster positioned within the parish parking zone.
Andy went dumpster diving and located a useful report of the church’s Polish historical past since its founding within the nineteenth century, together with uncommon pictures, lists of parishioners, church paperwork and sermons of the distinguished pastors in Polish and English.
Andy acquired permission to replenish the contents of his station wagon with the issues within the dumpster, resulting in my sponsorship of the East Aspect Historic Society (ESHA) in my capability as Fillmore District Council Member. Consequently, some irreplaceable Polonia artifacts have been saved from the land fill. ESHA’s purpose was to avoid wasting, restore and catalogue East Aspect supplies, many present in “grandma’s attic.”
FLEA MARKETS, ESTATE SALES, AUCTIONS
GOOD PLACE TO
HUNT FOR TREASURES
I’ve at all times loved searching flea markets and arguably the perfect was the late, nice Cheektowaga Flea Market on Walden Avenue, changed a few decade or so in the past by a Walmart.
Though loads of the fabric there was certainly junk, diamonds within the tough might be discovered. In a cardboard field with a sale value of $5 I noticed rows of picket block, blue zinc “slugs” or reverse photos of individuals locations and issues used to breed photos within the linotype course of to provide the photographs in newspapers.
The field contained photos from the Am-Pol Eagle’s places of work on East Delavan Avenue, together with views of 1966 celebrations in Buffalo of Poland’s 1,000 Millennial conversion to Christianity, civic and political leaders like Alfreda Slominski, Ted Dulski, Stan Makowski and lots of extra. I discovered a “slug” with the image of my father, Stan Franczyk, who was a long-time Am-Pol Eagle columnist. I assumed $5 was a cut price for the field.
DAYS WHEN SOUTHERN POLAND WAS PART OF
AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
At an property sale on Burke Drive in Buffalo containing issues from my cousin, Polonia activist Sophie Dabrowski, who had handed away, I discovered an excessive amount of Franczyk household photos and objects that weren’t of curiosity to most people, together with uncommon household pictures, particularly pre-1907 photos of my grandfather, Tomasz, and his sister Zofia Franczyk (Zakszewski), who would to migrate to Buffalo by way of Ellis Island.
Zofia, Sophie Dabrowski’s mom, was a captivating lady who lived to be in her late 90s. At her home on Sumner Avenue off Walden Avenue, I listened to a lot of her tales with rapt consideration, amongst them her education in Vienna, Austria, to change into a home servant.
Going to that glittering imperial metropolis from the small Polish village of Lacko on the Dunajec River close to the Tatra mountains should have been fairly a thrill for the peasant nation woman within the early 1900s. She remembered seeing an elaborate parade that includes Franz Jozef, then Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, of which southern Poland the place she was from was a part of on the time. Nice Aunt Zofia topped off the night by serving us a delicious meal of roast pork and kapusta within the “Viennese Fashion,” one thing she discovered to organize all these years in the past.
When Zofia arrived in Buffalo she landed a home job with a well-to-do protestant household on Delaware Avenue, the Nelsons. Bishop Nelson, the top of the family, quickly came upon that the Polish peasant woman was not some illiterate foreigner who needs to be seen and never heard.
At a flowery banquet Nelson hosted, Zofia overheard the friends speaking a few new ebook that simply got here out that everyone was studying. The ebook was Quo Vadis, a novel concerning the time of Christ by Polish creator Henryk Sienkiewicz, which they have been studying in English translation.
The younger servant mustered up the braveness to inform the gathering that she learn the ebook within the authentic Polish language in Poland. Relatively than being put out or aggravated, the Bishop and the friends have been impressed by the woman’s information and self-confidence. Going ahead, she was handled by renewed respect by her employer and was an avid reader all her life, later changing into a profitable Buffalo businesswoman.
NEXT WEEK PART II: Polish-Individuals within the vintage enterprise and different uncommon finds.
IMPORTANT PIECE
OF POLISH HISTORY
A treasure trove of fascinating objects, artifacts, books, paperwork and artwork works of curiosity to these in search of memorabilia of Polish or Polish-American historical past and tradition typically will be discovered “hiding in plain sight” at venues all through Western New York and past. Accrued over many many years these as soon as thought misplaced or discarded objects could also be ready to be rediscovered by these with a discerning eye. However the seeker of this stuff must have information, persistence, a capability to determine necessary items, however most of all, the intuition of a treasure hunter.
My curiosity to find Polish memorabilia was kindled within the Sixties by a narrative advised by Father Cornelian Dende, director of the Father Justin Rosary Hour, as soon as the most important Polish language broadcast program in North America. Father Cornelian was a very good household pal and regaled us about how he discovered a sixteenth century ebook on Polish historical past in a rubbish bin at an area East Aspect church (which shall stay anonymous). The Franciscan was advised he might have the uncommon tome as a result of it was simply among the previous junk they have been throwing out. Little did they know.
Remembering that incident within the Nineteen Eighties, I obtained a name from East Aspect activist Andrew “Andrzej” Goliebiowski who frantically advised me that he was watching individuals at one other East Aspect church (additionally remaining anonymous) dumping massive quantities of papers, photos and paperwork right into a dumpster positioned within the parish parking zone.
Andy went dumpster diving and located a useful report of the church’s Polish historical past since its founding within the nineteenth century, together with uncommon pictures, lists of parishioners, church paperwork and sermons of the distinguished pastors in Polish and English.
Andy acquired permission to replenish the contents of his station wagon with the issues within the dumpster, resulting in my sponsorship of the East Aspect Historic Society (ESHA) in my capability as Fillmore District Council Member. Consequently, some irreplaceable Polonia artifacts have been saved from the land fill. ESHA’s purpose was to avoid wasting, restore and catalogue East Aspect supplies, many present in “grandma’s attic.”
FLEA MARKETS, ESTATE SALES, AUCTIONS
GOOD PLACE TO
HUNT FOR TREASURES
I’ve at all times loved searching flea markets and arguably the perfect was the late, nice Cheektowaga Flea Market on Walden Avenue, changed a few decade or so in the past by a Walmart.
Though loads of the fabric there was certainly junk, diamonds within the tough might be discovered. In a cardboard field with a sale value of $5 I noticed rows of picket block, blue zinc “slugs” or reverse photos of individuals locations and issues used to breed photos within the linotype course of to provide the photographs in newspapers.
The field contained photos from the Am-Pol Eagle’s places of work on East Delavan Avenue, together with views of 1966 celebrations in Buffalo of Poland’s 1,000 Millennial conversion to Christianity, civic and political leaders like Alfreda Slominski, Ted Dulski, Stan Makowski and lots of extra. I discovered a “slug” with the image of my father, Stan Franczyk, who was a long-time Am-Pol Eagle columnist. I assumed $5 was a cut price for the field.
DAYS WHEN SOUTHERN POLAND WAS PART OF
AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
At an property sale on Burke Drive in Buffalo containing issues from my cousin, Polonia activist Sophie Dabrowski, who had handed away, I discovered an excessive amount of Franczyk household photos and objects that weren’t of curiosity to most people, together with uncommon household pictures, particularly pre-1907 photos of my grandfather, Tomasz, and his sister Zofia Franczyk (Zakszewski), who would to migrate to Buffalo by way of Ellis Island.
Zofia, Sophie Dabrowski’s mom, was a captivating lady who lived to be in her late 90s. At her home on Sumner Avenue off Walden Avenue, I listened to a lot of her tales with rapt consideration, amongst them her education in Vienna, Austria, to change into a home servant.
Going to that glittering imperial metropolis from the small Polish village of Lacko on the Dunajec River close to the Tatra mountains should have been fairly a thrill for the peasant nation woman within the early 1900s. She remembered seeing an elaborate parade that includes Franz Jozef, then Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, of which southern Poland the place she was from was a part of on the time. Nice Aunt Zofia topped off the night by serving us a delicious meal of roast pork and kapusta within the “Viennese Fashion,” one thing she discovered to organize all these years in the past.
When Zofia arrived in Buffalo she landed a home job with a well-to-do protestant household on Delaware Avenue, the Nelsons. Bishop Nelson, the top of the family, quickly came upon that the Polish peasant woman was not some illiterate foreigner who needs to be seen and never heard.
At a flowery banquet Nelson hosted, Zofia overheard the friends speaking a few new ebook that simply got here out that everyone was studying. The ebook was Quo Vadis, a novel concerning the time of Christ by Polish creator Henryk Sienkiewicz, which they have been studying in English translation.
The younger servant mustered up the braveness to inform the gathering that she learn the ebook within the authentic Polish language in Poland. Relatively than being put out or aggravated, the Bishop and the friends have been impressed by the woman’s information and self-confidence. Going ahead, she was handled by renewed respect by her employer and was an avid reader all her life, later changing into a profitable Buffalo businesswoman.
NEXT WEEK PART II: Polish-Individuals within the vintage enterprise and different uncommon finds.
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