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UW Graduate Teaching Assistant Gets Post at Lycoming College

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: Sigmund Birkenmayer, a graduate teaching assistant in Slavic languages at the University of Wisconsin, has been appointed an assistant professor in Russian...
Photograph

Prof. Jerzy Leon Nowinski

Date: 10 31 1958
Description: Portrait of Prof. Jerzy Leon Nowinski, a scientist and mathematician who was granted asylum in America in January 1958 from his native Poland. The origina...
Photograph

Masked Ball

Date: 02 01 1989
Description: Two people in costume posing on the dance floor. A few other dancers and band members are in the background. Caption reads: "Masked Ball — At the second an...
Photograph

Kuklinski Family

Date: 1907
Description: John Kuklinski and his family posed in front of their home.
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Schulist Family

Date: 
Description: Family of Matt Schulist, father of Reverend Joseph Schulist, posed in front of the family home.
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Schulist Family

Date: 1905
Description: Ten members of the Martin Schulist family standing in front of their frame home.
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Rev. Waclaw Kruszka

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Reverend Waclaw Kruszka in priest's collar.
Book or Pamphlet

Polish Population Map

Date: 1920
Description: Map of Wisconsin showing native Polish populations by county.
Photograph

Marquette School Pageant

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Nine students from Marquette School representing early Wisconsin settlers in Russian, Polish, and Czechoslovakian ethnic costumes performing in the school ...
Photograph

Polish Mother

Date: 1941
Description: Close-up portrait of a Polish mother.
Photograph

Friends of the Polish Companies in the U.S. Army

Date: 1918
Description: Group of women gathered at 2nd (now 7th St.) and Mitchell wearing light-colored dresses and hats. Each woman holds a U.S. flag. There is a sign to the righ...
Map or Atlas

All Men Are Created Equal Map

Date: 06 29 1941
Description: A map showing the national roots of the people of Wisconsin, based on the ethnic stock research by University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist Prof. George...
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee's Polish Population

Date: 1902
Description: Map reads: "Milwaukee's Polish Population. Map showing in Red Color the Location and Density of Polish=Speaking Population of the City of Milwaukee, Wis." ...
Photograph

Harvesting Cucumbers

Date: 1941
Description: Catherine, Stanley and Sofia Pranica, a Polish family, harvesting cucumbers.
Photograph

Aleksendra Zukowska

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of Aleksendra Zukowska, a Russian Pole who was a machine hand at an International Harvester Twine Mill, probably in Chicago.
Photograph

Polish Men

Date: 
Description: Studio portrait of five men in suits posed in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

Lorbieke-Onernek Wedding

Date: 1916
Description: Family and friends gathered in front of a home for the wedding of Joseph Lorbieki and Agnes Onernek. Three musicians can be seen near the center. A windmil...
Photograph

Family Group at Camp Douglas

Date: 
Description: Four soldiers in uniform, four casually dressed women and a small child pose together on a blanket.
Photograph

Polish Young People's Alliance

Date: 1917
Description: Composite group portrait of the Polish Young People's Alliance.
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Stanislaw Mikolajczyk Polish Statesman

Date: 12 19 1951
Description: Polish statesman Stanislaw Mikolajcyzk, center, joins University of Wisconsin students studying Polish at the University of Wisconsin at a buffet supper. A...

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