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  • Oscar Johanson (middle) with his brothers Gust (left) and Albin (right).
    Founding Voices Digital Archives Europe STEM Sweden

    Building a Life in Sweden’s Second City—Oscar Johanson’s Immigration Story

    ByImmigrant Hall of Honor July 19, 2026August 23, 2026

    Oscar Hjalmar Johanson thought he’d left economic hardship behind when he boarded the RMS Lucania for America at age 18. In Chicago, the young Swedish immigrant reinvented himself, earning a pharmacy degree from Northwestern University, building a career as a neighborhood druggist, getting married and raising a family.

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  • From German Immigrant Farmer to Bank Founder: William Witte Helped Build Modern Queens
    Founding Voices Digital Archives Enterprise, Labor & Land Europe Germany

    From German Immigrant Farmer to Bank Founder: William Witte Helped Build Modern Queens

    ByImmigrant Hall of Honor July 19, 2026August 23, 2026

    William Witte, great-grandfather of Immigrant Hall of Honor board member Jim Witte, was a farmer, father and businessman who immigrated to the United States from Germany as a teenager in 1884.

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  • From Russian-Ruled Poland to the Coal Mines of West Virginia: The Journey of Konstanti Cybulski
    Founding Voices Digital Archives Europe Family & Home Poland

    From Russian-Ruled Poland to the Coal Mines of West Virginia: The Journey of Konstanti Cybulski

    ByImmigrant Hall of Honor July 19, 2026August 23, 2026

    By the time Konstanti Cybulski entered the world on August 24, 1892, Poland had ceased to exist as an independent nation.

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