This snapshot, while sadly blurred, does offer a good lesson on putting together a family history. In the previous set of photos my Grandma jotted down the address (along with a shot of the house) of where she was living in 1923. This was on St. Aubin Street on the border between Detroit & Hamtramck. I also noticed that this same roll goes into 1924. By the time this picture was taken she wrote down the year, 1926, and that it was taken in front of the Mitchell Street house. So sometime between 1924 & summer of 1926 they moved. These little details help put together a timeline. 

This snapshot, while sadly blurred, does offer a good lesson on putting together a family history. In the previous set of photos my Grandma jotted down the address (along with a shot of the house) of where she was living in 1923. This was on St. Aubin Street on the border between Detroit & Hamtramck. I also noticed that this same roll goes into 1924. By the time this picture was taken she wrote down the year, 1926, and that it was taken in front of the Mitchell Street house. So sometime between 1924 & summer of 1926 they moved. These little details help put together a timeline. 

This snapshot, while sadly blurred, does offer a good lesson on putting together a family history. In the previous set of photos my Grandma jotted down the address (along with a shot of the house) of where she was living in 1923. This was on St. Aubin Street on the border between Detroit & Hamtramck. I also noticed that this same roll goes into 1924. By the time this picture was taken she wrote down the year, 1926, and that it was taken in front of the Mitchell Street house. So sometime between 1924 & summer of 1926 they moved. These little details help put together a timeline. 

This snapshot, while sadly blurred, does offer a good lesson on putting together a family history. In the previous set of photos my Grandma jotted down the address (along with a shot of the house) of where she was living in 1923. This was on St. Aubin Street on the border between Detroit & Hamtramck. I also noticed that this same roll goes into 1924. By the time this picture was taken she wrote down the year, 1926, and that it was taken in front of the Mitchell Street house. So sometime between 1924 & summer of 1926 they moved. These little details help put together a timeline. 

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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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