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Czech School Class, Cedar Rapids, IA, c.1920s-1930s
Photograph of an unidentified Czech School class, pose 1
Tags: 1920, Cedar Rapids, Czech School, Iowa, photograph, school
Czech School Class, Cedar Rapids, IA, c.1920s-1930s
Photograph of an unidentified Czech School class, pose 2
Tags: 1920, Cedar Rapids, Czech School, Iowa, photograph, school
Dagmar Kostal
Dagmar Kostal was born in Klatovy (in southwestern Bohemia) in 1925 and grew up in nearby Sušice. Her parents, Karel and Marie, owned a bakery in town. Dagmar attended elementary school in Sušice, but after fifth grade was sent to a school in…
Elena Brlit
Elena Brlit was born in Pohorelská Maša in 1964 and grew up in the small village in central Slovakia with her parents, younger brother and younger sister. Elena’s mother, Anna, stayed home while her children were growing up and later worked in the…
Tags: Banska, Education, English language, Family life, Haluskova, Kosice, marriage, Pohorelska Masa, Rural life, school
Elizabeth Rajec
Elizabeth Rajec was born in Bratislava in 1931. She grew up in the center of the city where her parents, Vavrinec and Theresa, owned a tailoring business. She also lived with her two brothers, one sister and grandmother. Due to her diverse background…
Fall term class, Linn County, IA, 1916
Black and white photo postcard of Fall term 1916 to Agnes Kloubec from her teacher Florence Hrdlícka
Tags: 1916, Czech School, Iowa, Linn County, photograph, school
Frank Safertal
Frank Safertal was born in the Holešovice district of Prague in 1942. His father, also named František, had been arrested shortly before Frank’s birth because of his participation in an underground resistance group. Frank’s father was sent to a labor…
Frank Schultz
Frank Schultz was born in Maňovice, southwestern Bohemia, in 1930. One of five sons, Frank grew up on a farm run by his father, Vojtěch, and mother, Marie. He attended elementary school in nearby Mileč and went to high school in the larger town of…
George Skoda
George Skoda was born in Prague in 1927. His father, Josef, studied accounting and held several jobs in that field, and also owned a business in the city. His mother, Louisa, worked as a stenographer before getting married and later stayed home to…