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  • Collection: Still Images

Natan_Szpigel_Martwa_natura_z_dzbanem.jpg
Watercolor. Sold by Rempex Auction, April 2015

fig9 Caricature FILM, 1 March 1939 (nr 7 year 5), p 1.jpg
“Sala konferencyjna w karykaturze” (Caricature of the conference room)

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Children's Preventorium, established in Łagiewniki in 1920 for children infected with tuberculosis. At this facility, children could rest in conditions favorable to their recovery. One of the establishment's founders, Seweryn Sterling was a…

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A man identified as Bolesław Traczykowski (the photographer, Włodzimierz Pfeiffer shared this name with us in his description of the photo's negative) poses and smiles in front of a signboard. Station XI of the "Drop of Milk" program was the last one…

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A woman wrapped in a square woolen shawl (such shawls were factory produced to keep working-class women warm) gets help at a "Drop of Milk" station. Supporting a happy baby with one arm, she displays in her opposite hand the impressive bottle of milk…

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A young girl wearing a chequered dress proudly holds up an oversized bottle of milk. Buildings from one of Łódź's poor districts are visible in the background.