UB Libraries: Rediscovering Buffalo’s Polonia

(By Molly Poremski, International Languages & Literature Librarian) Buffalo’s rich immigrant past takes center stage in Album pamiatkowe i przewodnik handlowy : osady polskiej w miescie Buffalo, z dolaczeniem okolicznych miejscowósci ze stanu New York. Available as a digital collection from the University Libraries, the “Souvenir album and commercial guide of the Polish settlements in the City of Buffalo, and neighboring villages in the State of New York” contains hundreds of photographs, offering a unique glimpse of the individuals, churches, parish schools, and business establishments that were once part of Buffalo’s vibrant Polonia community.

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