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Constance Joan (Waskiewicz) Abdallah Photo Gallery

Constance circa 1935.

Constance’s father, Wacław Waszkiewicz, and her mother, née Stefania “Stella” Bukowska with their son, Theodore Joseph Waskewicz, circa 1942.<p><p><em> “My two brothers were in the service.”</em></p></p> — Constance’s father, Wacław Waszkiewicz, and her mother, née Stefania “Stella” Bukowska with their son, Theodore Joseph Waskewicz, circa 1942.
“My two brothers were in the service.”

Alphonse Kalill Abdallah, circa 1943. <p><p><em> “I went into the service in 1942.” </em></p></p> — Alphonse Kalill Abdallah, circa 1943.
“I went into the service in 1942.”

Connie’s B. M. C. Durfee High School portrait, Class of 1949. <p><p><em> “I had the regular course in Durfee and I didn’t have a college course.” </em></p></p> — Connie’s B. M. C. Durfee High School portrait, Class of 1949.
“I had the regular course in Durfee and I didn’t have a college course.”

Cherry & Webb Company, women’s clothing and misses’ clothing, 139 - 149 South Main Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, circa 1940s. Although the upscale store was considered one of the city’s finest, its stock in the early 1970s also included inexpensive first-quality dresses made in Fall River’s garment factories, which were retailed at highly inflated prices. <p><p><em> “It was the same dress that I bought at Arlan’s [of Fall River, department store], but it was twice the money.” </em><p><p> — W. T. Grant Company, department store, 149 South Main Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, circa 1940s.
“I was working in Grants … for a year out of high school.”

An interior retail display in W. T. Grant Company, department store, 149 South Main Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, circa 1930s; the interior remained much the same when Constance was employed here circa 1949.<p><p><em> “They had nice prizes … if you did so much in sales, they gave me prizes. That was something to look forward to.” </em></p></p> — An interior retail display in W. T. Grant Company, department store, 149 South Main Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, circa 1930s; the interior remained much the same when Constance was employed here circa 1949.
“They had nice prizes … if you did so much in sales, they gave me prizes. That was something to look forward to.”

Constance’s mother Mrs. Wacław Waszkiewicz, née Stefania “Stella” Bukowska. <p><p><em> “When I was about six, seven years old, I wanted to go see mom in the mill… . When they saw us coming in they were screaming, ‘Get out of here … there is stuff you can get hurt on. It’s dangerous.’ So I saw my mom and she says, ‘Take off, go, go home.” </em></p></p> — Constance’s mother Mrs. Wacław Waszkiewicz, née Stefania “Stella” Bukowska.
“When I was about six, seven years old, I wanted to go see mom in the mill… . When they saw us coming in they were screaming, ‘Get out of here … there is stuff you can get hurt on. It’s dangerous.’ So I saw my mom and she says, ‘Take off, go, go home.”

A reception at the Polish National Home, 872 Globe Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1936. <p><p><em> “I used to love polka dancing in my teenage years and twenties. I’d go and they had a lot of Polish dances at the Polish Home.” </em></p></p> — A reception at the Polish National Home, 872 Globe Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1936.
“I used to love polka dancing in my teenage years and twenties. I’d go and they had a lot of Polish dances at the Polish Home.”

Durfee Mills, Mill No. 1, Fall River, Massachusetts, early 1930s; the building housed Har-Lee Manufacturing Company from 1934 – 1957. <p><p><em> “They had over twenty-two hundred girls. That was the worst thing to happen to Fall River, it leaving.” </em></p></p> — Durfee Mills, Mill No. 1, Fall River, Massachusetts, early 1930s; the building housed Har-Lee Manufacturing Company from 1934 – 1957.
“They had over twenty-two hundred girls. That was the worst thing to happen to Fall River, it leaving.”

Advertisement for Har-Lee Manufacturing Company, from the Fall River City Directory, 1957, the year the company relocated to <p><p><em> “I went to the Har-Lee because my sister-in-law offered me a permanent job.” </em></p></p> — Advertisement for Har-Lee Manufacturing Company, from the Fall River City Directory, 1957, the year the company relocated to
“I went to the Har-Lee because my sister-in-law offered me a permanent job.”

Mr. & Mrs. Alphonse Kalil Abdallah on their wedding day, April 1, 1959. <p><p><em> “I looked up, and, this girl is for me, okay?” </em></p></p> — Mr. & Mrs. Alphonse Kalil Abdallah on their wedding day, April 1, 1959.
“I looked up, and, this girl is for me, okay?”

Constance and Alphonse Abdallah.

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