Description
Roman B.J. Kwasniewski, son of Polish immigrants, used his camera to document life in Milwaukee’s Polish community all the way through the early decades of the twentieth century. His images change into the particulars of on a regular basis life at local businesses, in homes and classrooms, and at cultural, social, and recreational events into powerful depictions of the immigrant experience. With an introduction by well-known Milwaukee historian John Gurda, this book offers rare insight into the day by day lives of a proud people struggling to take care of their heritage at the same time as living in a time of rapid change.
While Kwasniewski’s camera captured the sights and sounds of Milwaukee on the turn of the century from the viewpoint of a single ethnic group in a single neighborhood, his photographs resonate far beyond Milwaukee’s Polish South Side. They light up the particulars of American life all the way through the early decades of the twentieth century. “What we see, reflected within the distant mirror,” says John Gurda, “is ourselves.”
While Kwasniewski’s camera captured the sights and sounds of Milwaukee on the turn of the century from the viewpoint of a single ethnic group in a single neighborhood, his photographs resonate far beyond Milwaukee’s Polish South Side. They light up the particulars of American life all the way through the early decades of the twentieth century. “What we see, reflected within the distant mirror,” says John Gurda, “is ourselves.”
&url=https://www.communityconnection.us/product/the-history-of-here-a-house-the-pine-hills-neighborhood-and-the-city-of-albany-excelsior-editions/&media=https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51rHI8xKm2L._SS1024_.jpg){kind=link}
, Burgundy&url=https://www.communityconnection.us/product/lorren-home-trends-57-piece-mabel-bone-china-dinnerware-set-service-for-8-people-burgundy/&media=https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41AimBATwpL._SS1024_.jpg){kind=link}
, Gold&url=https://www.communityconnection.us/product/lorren-home-trends-57-piece-chloe-bone-china-dinnerware-set-service-for-8-people-gold/&media=https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41vAh7TCsTL._SS1024_.jpg){kind=link}
, Amber&url=https://www.communityconnection.us/product/gibson-elite-ocean-paradise-square-dinnerware-set-service-for-4-16pcs-amber/&media=https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/416%2B-aF7XVL._SS1024_.jpg){kind=link}
&url=https://www.communityconnection.us/product/pfaltzgraff-french-lace-white-dinnerware-set-32-piece/&media=https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41Exlads5TL._SS1024_.jpg){kind=link}
