Evolution of Our Ethnic Community in New York City

The new community of immigrants, despite the hardship of starting a new existence in a challenging environment, brought along from the old country an intense patriotic cultural zeal. The local press reported that Bohemians were cigar makers during the day but actors at night.
Czech and Slovak immigrants gathered in front of Bohemian National Hall in 1911 New York. Photograph by Ed. Jedlicka.

 

Written by Vlado Simko, M.D., Ph.D.
Published in KOSMAS, Czechoslovak and Central European Journal 2012, Volume 25, p. 103 – 114.


Wedding guests sitting at tables inside Bohemian National hall in 1946
Historic facade of the Bohemian National Hall.