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The Łódka and Bałutka Rivers converge at this spot in the Łódź People's Park of Health and Recreation (Park Ludowy na Zdrowiu). Both rivers were regulated by concrete channels. Their grassy banks were the perfect place to take a stroll or simply kick…

This photograph features the main building of the Łódź-Fabryczna Train Station, one of the busiest public spaces in interwar Łódź.

The Łódź-Kaliska Train Station was built in the beginning of the 20th century, about 3 kilometers from the center of the city. The art nouveau building, designed by Czesław Domaniewski and Jan Heurich became one of the most beautiful emblems of…

Ad from Najer Folksblat publicizing a 1933 operetta-revue at the Momus theater in Bałuty. Momus was one of several modest venues that offered light entertainment to the residents of the Jewish quarter of Łódź.

Pfeiffer’s photograph of the Municipal Educational Cinematograph building seen from the Wodny Market. The inscription above the entry to the cinema reads: “The Municipal Educational Cinematograph.” The trees behind the building belong to the…

Pfeiffer’s photograph of the Municipal Educational Cinematograph, seen from Rokicińska Street. There are posters advertising film screenings in display cases and glued to windowpanes of the building. A boy is studying the information on one of the…

People flocked in great numbers to visit the market stalls on Old Market Square where almost anything could be procured. The crowd in this photo includes both children and adults, among whom we can find elegant men sporting top hats, Jews wearing…

The Old Market Square, appropriately named since it is oldest square in Łódź, has been with the city since its earliest days. In the first half of the 20th century only Jews resided in this vicinity. Commerce blossomed here: this was the location of …

Old Market Square as seen from Zgierska Street and the square's southwest corner. We can see a group of store fronts that today no longer exist running along the southern and eastern sides of the square. A crowd of respectable size underscores the…

Along the eastern frontage line of Łódź's Old Market Square one could always find a long line of horse-drawn cabs. The horse-drawn coach or droshky was the early-twentieth-century counterpart of today's taxi. On an advertising post (only partly seen…