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The
Polish Literary and Dramatic
Circle was established in 1925 to promote
cultural activities. The society
collected money to contribute to the purchase of what was, at the time, a Baptist Church located at 3040 22nd Street (south of Mission Street). It became Dom Polski (The Polish House),
jointly owned by The Polish Society of California (Lodge 7 of the Polish National
Alliance), The St. Stanislaus Benevolent Society, and the Polish Literary and
Dramatic Circle.
Together these organizations formed the United Polish-American Society of San
Francisco, which was incorporated in Sacramento
on April 19, 1926. “Dom Polski" became the home for Polish
immigrants who came to America
to build better lives for themselves and their families. They put into
the club their labor, savings, sentiments and hopes.
Cooperation
between the Polish Club and the pre-World War I Polish Consulate in San Francisco, located
at 2660 Green Street
at the time, was very close and friendly. On December 17, 1938, the
Consul General, Dr. Władysław Sokolowski, decorated four members of the
Polish Club with the Silver Cross of Merit: Katarzyna Pilch, Józefa
Niklasiewicz, Felix Gottlicher and Stanisław Bloński.
[From Silent
Heroes by Mme. Wanda Tomczykowska]
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