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This photo shows a boy posing at his First Holy Communion in 1926. It is in a tri-fold holder. He wa a boy from a Polish immigrant family. He wears a dark knickers suit, a popular choice for First Communion because it could be wrn for other occassions. Notce the commemorative pollow. The embroidery reads, "Moja Pierwsza Komunia 1926 SW." We are not sure what the first two words mean, perhaps a family name or village/town in Poland. Komunia is of course Communion and 1926 is the date. The portrait is by W.A. Grzelak at 1114 Broadway, Buffalo NY. Almost certainly he was born in Poland and his parents in Poland.
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