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A 1923 poster advertising an event at the Municipal Educational Cinematograph in Łódź. The programming is typical for this theater: a mixture of educational documentaries about exotic locales, nature, and industrial settings.

Small children are resting or (in most cases) sleeping on the deck chairs filling this large room. The present photo was taken at nap time inside the Seventh Municipal Preschool. The new two-building structure built by the Łódź City Council in 1927…

Oil. Auction.

Close to No. 27 Piotrowska Street, a porter weighed down with a load of textile wares (various bolts of cloth) walks along the gutter in the photographer's direction. A young bicyclist cruises just a few feet behind him. Piotrowska Street effervesces…

The early twentieth century was a period of intensified revolutionary movements, ranging from nationalism to communism. These movements responded to the negative effects of modernization: capitalist exploitation, economic collapse, a crisis of…

Perforated board through which the thread passes in a Jacquard loom. This board would have been used for Jacquard lettering on the border of the cloth and for the warp preparation machine.

Oil.

A panorama of Łódź at the end of the 18th century in a stylized picture from the 1960s or 70s. In this artistic rendition, Łódź is shown during the pre-industrial phase of its history, when it was still a small agrarian settlement. We can see the…

During World War I, the material and medical conditions in which Łódź residents lived were dire. The lack of detergents, especially of regular soap, made proper upkeep of personal hygiene nearly impossible. Communicable diseases such as cholera,…

This photograph from 1912 shows the oldest buildings on Nowomiejska Street. Raised around the year 1820, these homes were intended for wool weavers settling in the vicinity of the New Town (Nowe Miasto). After World War I, these buildings were…