This building, formerly Congregation Shomrei Linas Hazedek (Shurtleff St. Shul) is now Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Lationamericana (IPUL), c. 2008. Courtesy of Sylvia Glassman

Temple Emmanuel, undated. Courtesy of George Ostler and the Chelsea Public Library

Reuben Bunick on the bimah at Congregation Shaare Zion, aka “The Orange Street Shul,” 1983. Courtesy of Reisa Bunick

Israel Atkins, a carpenter, in 1927. According to Ellis Island records, Atkins arrived aboard the Compania from Liverpool on March 17, 1907 at the age of 45. He was accompanied by one of his sons and the rest of the family followed later. He died on February 3, 1932. Courtesy of Reisa Bunick

Chelsea YMHA and YWHA, early 1940s. Courtesy of Reisa Bunick

State Guard, Chelsea, 9th Company, c. 1940s. Reuben Bunick is pictured in the back row, center. Reuben Bunick was born in East Boston in 1906 a few months after his family arrived from Ukraine. After he married, he lived in Chelsea until his death in 2001. Courtesy of Reisa Bunick