Zygmunt Czajka
Title
Zygmunt Czajka
Subject
Bob's Bakery; Downtown Chicopee; Chicopee Businesses; History of Chicopee;
Description
Mounted Albumen print of Zygmunt Czajka in his military uniform. The photograph was taken in the 1930s while Zygmunt was in the Polish Army before the start of World War II. Zygmunt survived the war by working as a Baker in Poland during the German occupation in 1939-1945. He later brought his family and baking skills to Chicopee and opened Bob's Bakery on Exchange Street in 1965.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Dorothy Czajka shared some of the family history materials with the Chicopee Public Library. The family has given Chicopee Archives Online permission to digitize and display the items online. The family has kept the physical items.
Publisher
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
1930s
Format
Mounted albumen photograph.
Medium
Photography
Identifier
CPL-Bobs-Bakery-Zygmunt-01
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Zygmunt Czajka,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed May 15, 2024, https://www.chicopeelibrary.org/archives/items/show/9113.