Polish Past in Chicago 1850-1941
@ Copernicus Center Annex
5216 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Friday, August 31st, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, September 3rd
“Polish Past in Chicago 1850-1941” – an amazing exhibition drawn from Photographic Archives of The Polish Museum of America
ALL DAY! EVERY DAY!
Poles first began to settle in Chicago in the 1850s, but it was not until the 1880s that their arrival assumed the character of a mass migration. From that time until the 1930s, the number of Polish immigrants rapidly increased. They were drawn to industrial areas and Chicago, with work opportunities in its many factories, steel mills, slaughterhouses, and meatpacking plants, quickly became America’s most Polish city.
The exhibition focuses on the early history of Polish immigrants in the neighborhood known as Chicago’s Polish Downtown. It features photographs of the first settlers and their families, houses, businesses, organizations, parishes, and various forms of cultural and patriotic endeavors. These highlights, drawn from the extensive Polish Museum of America Photography Collection, illuminate the rich history of Poland’s emigrés in the “city of big shoulders.”
Copernicus Center Annex
August 31st – September 3rd, 2018
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