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Łódź Sick Fund Building - 34/36 Łagiewnicka Street
This building, constructed before WWII for use by the Łódź's Sick Fund (Kasa Chorych), numbered among the most elegant edifices in Bałuty at the time. Above the modernist framework we can see part of a large inscription: THE ŁÓDŹ SICK FUND. At…
Waiting Room at the Children's Health Insurance Fund Clinic No. 6 - 119 Aleksandrowska Street
The health clinic on Aleksandrowska Street housed offices for Surgery and Internal Medicine. In this picture, people are seated on two benches in the clinic's waiting room. A ceramic tile stove and large table are situated along one wall.
The Sick Fund Sanatorium in Tuszynek
The first home for children endangered by tuberculosis was set up in Tuszynek in 1927. The home boasted six sleeping wards and a large dining area (pictured here). In the photo, several dozen girls being treated at the facility sit around a large…
Dispensary - blood collection - 1 Kątna Street
During the interwar period, two buildings in a complex of the "Tivoli" factory formerly used to house workers' families were given to the Sick Fund (Kasa Chorych) for its use. This photograph features the dispensary unit, where two nurses are drawing…
Dentist's Office
A dentist's office providing services under the auspices of the Sick Fund (Kasa Chorych). In the photo, female dentists treat two women reclining in dentist's chairs.
Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in Chojny
The Municipal Sanatorium for Patients with tuberculosis in Chojny (then a village southwest of Łódź) was created in 1918 on Dr. Seweryn Sterling's initiative. 80 patients in the initial stages of tuberculosis could be treated at the facility…
Institute for Physical Therapy - 19 Kościuszki Street
At the Institute for Physical Therapy children were exposed to light treatments using UV lamps. Here eight young patients stand in a circle, their bare chests illuminated. Three large specialized lamps provide the source of light. The children are…
Synagogue on Wolborska Street
Built in the Moorish Style between 1863 and 1871, the Old Synagogue or Alte Szil was destroyed during World War II. Pfeiffer's photo conveys the full magnificence of the synagogue, which was among the most beautiful buildings in pre-war Łódź. Around…
The Tadeusz Kościuszko Universal Primary School on Nowomarysińska Street (current address Staszica Street, No. 1/3)
A view of a school building constructed in 1923–24 in the Polish Manorial Style (a style in Polish architecture of the late IX and early XX cc). Several nearby buildings, all constructed in the same aesthetic, served as teachers' dormitories. The…
The Józef Piłsudski Public School on Zagajnikowa Street (current address Kopciński Street, No. 54)
In 1919 Łódź was the first city in Independent Poland to adopt a resolution promoting public education. This photograph pictures the first school constructed in interwar Łódź. The edifice was constructed in the Romantic National Style between 1920…