Title
Polish kayak in Shanghai
Subject
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849
Poland
Black Sea
Istanbul (Turkey)
Baghdad (Iraq)
Asia
Red Sea
Karachi (Pakistan)
India
Description
Jak powstał marsz żałobny Chopina
Kajakiem z Polski do Szanghaju [Polska, Morze Czarne, Konstantynopol, Bagdad, Azyja, Morze Czerwone, Karachi (początek Indji)]
100-lecie pierwszej polskiej szkoły i książki w Ameryce.
How Chopin's Funeral March came into being
In a kayak from Poland to Shanghai [Poland, Black Sea, Constantinople, Bagdad, Asia, Red Sea, Karachi (beginning of India)]
100th anniversary of the first Polish school and book in America.
A Polish newspaper page from March 1936 containing a collection of illustrated panels. The top left illustration shows people in a room around a piano, labeled as related to Chopin’s funeral march. To the right, there is a map of East Asia showing locations such as Japan, Shanghai, and surrounding regions. The bottom left panel depicts a classroom scene with a teacher and students, marked with the year 1835, referencing the anniversary of the first Polish school and bookstore in America. The bottom right illustration shows a ship with a banner about travel from Poland to Shanghai.
Creator
Archacki, Henry, 1907-1998
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo
Dziennik dia Wszystkich = Everybody's Daily
Date
1933
Contributor
University Libraries. Polish Room
University Libraries. Arts & Sciences Libraries.
Rights
Language
pl
Type
Image
Still Image
Identifier
bk03_pg0183
Collection
Citation
Archacki, Henry, 1907-1998, “Polish kayak in Shanghai,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed October 18, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/4195.