Early 20th Century General Store April 16, 2010

The general store is a recreation of an actual store owned and operated by the family of MOAH board member Ken Kormanak. Most of the equipment in this exhibit, including a sausage stuffer, coffee grinder, cheese slicer and grape crusher came from an actual grocery store owned by Helena and Jozef Kormanak in a South Side neighborhood of Chicago. Fresh and smoked Polish sausage was made on the premesis, as well as cold cured dill pickles. They also sold canned goods, soaps, plug tobacco and grains -- all in a store 20 by 32 feet.