This is Queen of Angels Church and Rectory in Chicago. The church is actually under construction at this time (the photo is dated as 1934), as you can see if you look above the set of double doors. (If you go here you can see the completed product.) According to the Church’s website, the church wasn’t completed until the Spring of 1940 and took 14 years to complete. Their page states that it took longer because of “soft soil,” which may be true, but I have a feeling that The Great Depression also had something to do with it. The Rectory is apparently older since that is it standing completed in the background. The church has a nice Art Deco look inside and out. It’s not heavy on that style, but when you look at the tower, the lights inside, or other details you can definitely place the era the church came from. I remember noticing them the last time I was in there, which was actually for my Grandma’s funeral. 

This is Queen of Angels Church and Rectory in Chicago. The church is actually under construction at this time (the photo is dated as 1934), as you can see if you look above the set of double doors. (If you go here you can see the completed product.) According to the Church’s website, the church wasn’t completed until the Spring of 1940 and took 14 years to complete. Their page states that it took longer because of “soft soil,” which may be true, but I have a feeling that The Great Depression also had something to do with it. The Rectory is apparently older since that is it standing completed in the background.

The church has a nice Art Deco look inside and out. It’s not heavy on that style, but when you look at the tower, the lights inside, or other details you can definitely place the era the church came from. I remember noticing them the last time I was in there, which was actually for my Grandma’s funeral. 

This is Queen of Angels Church and Rectory in Chicago. The church is actually under construction at this time (the photo is dated as 1934), as you can see if you look above the set of double doors. (If you go here you can see the completed product.) According to the Church’s website, the church wasn’t completed until the Spring of 1940 and took 14 years to complete. Their page states that it took longer because of “soft soil,” which may be true, but I have a feeling that The Great Depression also had something to do with it. The Rectory is apparently older since that is it standing completed in the background. The church has a nice Art Deco look inside and out. It’s not heavy on that style, but when you look at the tower, the lights inside, or other details you can definitely place the era the church came from. I remember noticing them the last time I was in there, which was actually for my Grandma’s funeral. 

This is Queen of Angels Church and Rectory in Chicago. The church is actually under construction at this time (the photo is dated as 1934), as you can see if you look above the set of double doors. (If you go here you can see the completed product.) According to the Church’s website, the church wasn’t completed until the Spring of 1940 and took 14 years to complete. Their page states that it took longer because of “soft soil,” which may be true, but I have a feeling that The Great Depression also had something to do with it. The Rectory is apparently older since that is it standing completed in the background.

The church has a nice Art Deco look inside and out. It’s not heavy on that style, but when you look at the tower, the lights inside, or other details you can definitely place the era the church came from. I remember noticing them the last time I was in there, which was actually for my Grandma’s funeral. 

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My Grandma Gen Kownacki, nee Zabowski, died in 2002. Shortly after her death I helped my father clean out her house and I came across hundreds of old photographs. Along with the photos there were plenty of negatives (sadly, I haven't had the chance to scan them). I never knew that she loved photography so much in her youth, though it does help explain why she supported my own interest. This collection of photos starts in the 1920s in Detroit and ends after WWII with her living in Chicago. Some of the images are simply snap shots of friends and relatives. Then there are some that are a little bit more. I hope you enjoy this peak into the past. Frank Kownacki (FPKownacki@aol.com)


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