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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…

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…

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.

Tired, overworked women with small children stand in line at a "Drop of Milk" station in an impoverished Łódź courtyard. Each woman has come with an empty vessel for receiving milk. All are shabbily dressed. Their square woolen worker's shawls (such…

This photograph was taken in front of the Sick Fund (Kasa Chorych) building at 225 Wólczańska Street (formerly the family residence of workers at the "Tivoli" factory). A man and a paramedic sit in an open ambulance car with registration number LD…

In front of the Sick Fund (Kasa Chorych) building at 225 Wólczańska Street, three men, each wearing an oprychówka (a flat cap typical of the day), take a patient on a stretcher out of an ambulance car.

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…

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 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…

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…