Title
Polish Alaska
Subject
Jarosz, Stefan, 1903-1958
Alaska
Zarembo Island (Alaska)
Woodsky Island (Alaska)
Kosciuszko Island (Alaska)
Kraków (Poland)
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Description
Dr. Jarosz podczas pierwszego pobytu na Alasce
Wyspy o nazwach polskich przy brzegach Alaski [Wyspa Kościuszki, Wyspa Wojewodzkiego (Woodsky), Wyspa Zaremby (Zarembo)]
Ile się płaciło w Krakowie przed 300 laty [Panowie! Wino dzisiaj 33 gr. w gotówce! Co za drożyżna!]
Dowcip Mark Twain'a o polskich nazwiskach.
Dr. Jarosz during the first stay in Alaska
Islands with Polish names along the Alaska shores [Kościuszko Island, Wojewodzki Island (Woodsky), Zaremba Island (Zarembo)]
How much one paid in Kraków 300 years ago [Gentlemen! Wine today is 33 gr. in cash! What a rip off!]
Mark Twain's joke about Polish last names.
The illustration is a historical Polish newspaper page from March 1930. It contains multiple drawings and text in Polish. The upper part shows a group of people in winter clothing standing on snowy ground, a map of Alaska with marked routes, and a caption about Polish explorers traveling there. The middle section highlights islands near Alaska with Polish names. The bottom part includes a drawing of two people sitting at a table with one behind bars, accompanied by a caption about Kraków in earlier times. To the right is a portrait labeled with information about Henryk Sienkiewicz and Polish surnames.
Creator
Archacki, Henry, 1907-1998
Source
Dziennik dia Wszystkich = Everybody's Daily
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. Polish Room.
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries
Date
1933
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
pol
Type
Image
Identifier
bk03_pg0182
Is Part Of
Archacki Cartoons. LIB-ASL003
Archacki cartoon collection scrapbooks. MS-0180
Collection
Citation
Archacki, Henry, 1907-1998, “Polish Alaska,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed October 27, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/4183.