The previous shot of my Grandma mentioned her home at 7428 St. Aubin in Detroit. Well, here it is, or was as the case me be. The address puts it right on the edge of the monster Dodge Main / Poletown Plant. This is probably why she kept this postcard of the plant. Anyway, I’m going to assume that when the factory was expanded in the early 1980s the house was knocked down, that is if it hadn’t been raised already. (If you go to the link of the postcard there is a bit about the history of the plant, the controversial expansion that leveled entire blocks, and the old Jewish cemetery that is now trapped inside the plant’s grounds.) The area sure isn’t much of a neighborhood anymore.  I haven’t really researched how long the Zabowskis lived in this house, but I can tell you that by the end of the 1920s they had already moved to Mitchell Street. I also know that they spent most the of the teens in Pittsburgh, so I doubt they lived here that long.  One thing I just noticed is the person on the upper left porch. Now that I’ve seen them up there my eye keeps looking over that way. 

The previous shot of my Grandma mentioned her home at 7428 St. Aubin in Detroit. Well, here it is, or was as the case me be. The address puts it right on the edge of the monster Dodge Main / Poletown Plant. This is probably why she kept this postcard of the plant. Anyway, I’m going to assume that when the factory was expanded in the early 1980s the house was knocked down, that is if it hadn’t been raised already. (If you go to the link of the postcard there is a bit about the history of the plant, the controversial expansion that leveled entire blocks, and the old Jewish cemetery that is now trapped inside the plant’s grounds.) The area sure isn’t much of a neighborhood anymore. 

I haven’t really researched how long the Zabowskis lived in this house, but I can tell you that by the end of the 1920s they had already moved to Mitchell Street. I also know that they spent most the of the teens in Pittsburgh, so I doubt they lived here that long. 

One thing I just noticed is the person on the upper left porch. Now that I’ve seen them up there my eye keeps looking over that way. 

The previous shot of my Grandma mentioned her home at 7428 St. Aubin in Detroit. Well, here it is, or was as the case me be. The address puts it right on the edge of the monster Dodge Main / Poletown Plant. This is probably why she kept this postcard of the plant. Anyway, I’m going to assume that when the factory was expanded in the early 1980s the house was knocked down, that is if it hadn’t been raised already. (If you go to the link of the postcard there is a bit about the history of the plant, the controversial expansion that leveled entire blocks, and the old Jewish cemetery that is now trapped inside the plant’s grounds.) The area sure isn’t much of a neighborhood anymore.  I haven’t really researched how long the Zabowskis lived in this house, but I can tell you that by the end of the 1920s they had already moved to Mitchell Street. I also know that they spent most the of the teens in Pittsburgh, so I doubt they lived here that long.  One thing I just noticed is the person on the upper left porch. Now that I’ve seen them up there my eye keeps looking over that way. 

The previous shot of my Grandma mentioned her home at 7428 St. Aubin in Detroit. Well, here it is, or was as the case me be. The address puts it right on the edge of the monster Dodge Main / Poletown Plant. This is probably why she kept this postcard of the plant. Anyway, I’m going to assume that when the factory was expanded in the early 1980s the house was knocked down, that is if it hadn’t been raised already. (If you go to the link of the postcard there is a bit about the history of the plant, the controversial expansion that leveled entire blocks, and the old Jewish cemetery that is now trapped inside the plant’s grounds.) The area sure isn’t much of a neighborhood anymore. 

I haven’t really researched how long the Zabowskis lived in this house, but I can tell you that by the end of the 1920s they had already moved to Mitchell Street. I also know that they spent most the of the teens in Pittsburgh, so I doubt they lived here that long. 

One thing I just noticed is the person on the upper left porch. Now that I’ve seen them up there my eye keeps looking over that way. 

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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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