Hi Frank, At the request of my sister, yesterday I drove to Chicago and we went to see the house at 1422 S. Millard Ave. You were right, it is the same house my grandfather built. Many thanks for finding it for me. Here is the front and the back view of it. My sister stayed in the car while I was taking these pictures. George
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I suppose playing cards in the 1910's was a favorite pastime. My grandfather is on the left of this picture.
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Frank, Here are 2 more pictures of my father. I do not know if those houses in the background can be identified. George
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Hi Frank, Finally got your book about Little Village. Very good job! I always thought you were one of us old timers, but you are young as seen from this YouTube video: Frank Magallon YouTube Video
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It is interesting to see how kids used to dress in the 1910's. Here is one picture where my father is the kid on the right:
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Here is another picture of Sokol Summer Home at Crystal Lake. It was fairly large. Boys slept in the houses on the right and girls on the left. The middle was for the leader of the camp. According to my sister, the following is a picture of Sokol Summer Camp in New Buffalo, Michigan:
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Actually, there were at least 7 Sokols in Chicago:
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Frank, I ordered that book last week and I cannot wait, must be in demand. I do remember my grandfather was saying he could not sell goods in his store on Pulaski because Jews were moving in and set up their stores, so he went back to Czechoslovakia, build an appartment building in Pilsen (Plzen). Then communists nationalized everything in 1948. He stayed there but our family returned back to US
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In 1925 my grandfather returned back to Czechoslovakia. In 1928 Millard Ave. was populated by the following people: I just checked these pictures here and they shrunk them, so I do not know if anybody will be able to read them. The originals are actually about 10 times as big on my PC. Well, that is what happens when you use someone else WEB site (imgur.com). I cannot add anything on
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I arrived in Berwyn in 1957 with my mother and my younger brother. My father who was already in the USA bought a house at 1917 S. Maple Ave. in Berwyn. My older brother and sister were already here in the USA and they belonged to the Sokol Havlicek Tyrs. That same Summer, my mother worked in the kitchen at Sokol Summer Home in Crystal Lake so that me and my younger brother could stay there for f
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During the Summer, the parents of Chicago Czechs used to send their sons and daughters to the Sokol Summer Home in Crystal Lake, Illinois. I was there in 1957 and here are few pictures of the place. I am the blond boy with the broken wrist. I broke it playing baseball and sliding on the wet grass to the first base.
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Nancy, I can only thank my grandfather John Krejci: that he left these photos behind. Now that I am on pension and my wife passed away, I have time to look at the past. I also have pictures of Sokol Summer Camp in Crystal Lake but that I'll add under the topic "Czech Chicago" since most of the kids there had Czech parents or grandparents. George
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Frank, My grandfather was an ordinary tailor most of his time in Chicago. Here is another picture of the back yard at 1422 Millard Ave: I have no idea what that chapel in the back ground is.
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Originally, Czechs (Bohemians) were settling in the area shown on this map: My grandfather (Vaclav Krejci) of my grandfather (John Krejci) was living in 1890's at 97 Bunker Street: I have not been able to get any pictures of old Bunker Street since most of it is gone.
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Here is my grandfather's store at 1423 Pulaski Ave.
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Many thanks! Here is the back of that same house. Is there a WEB site where I could find those tax records? I have more pictures.
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Here is a picture my grandfather gave me of Sokol Slovenska Lipa on Taylor Street. Sokol Slovenska Lipa
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It works for me, but if you have a slow speed internet you might not be able to see the 313 photos of statues in that cemetery. Also the music will be stopping as your PC is downloading the slide show. Similarily this happens on YouTube if it contains a high resolution video.
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My grandfather lived on Millard Ave around 1910. He left me this picture but no address number. I do not know if that house is still there. Millard Ave. Chicago
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Slide show of the Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago
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I have made a slide show of the Great men & women of Chicago in the 1900's: http://georgekrejci.com/HTML/Great-Men-Women-Chicago-1900.html George
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Hello, I have added a WEB site: http://georgekrejci.com/ which contains a lot of information about Czechs in Chicago. There, you will also find pictures of 1955-66 graduates of Morton High School & Junior College and my experiences in Vietnam. Enjoy! George Krejci
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