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Many Łódź workers lost their jobs during the First World War. The material conditions in which the city's residents lived were dire. Food staples—such as bread, flour, potatoes and milk—were scarce. Prices had flown through the ceiling. The city's…

Here we see a class in session at the school associated with the Poznański industrial plant. A large group of boys studying at the school pose for a picture alongside their teachers. The classroom furnishings—benches and a teacher's podium—are…

In the winter time, Łódź residents happily made use of the ice rink on Helenów Pond. In 1902 entry to the ice rink cost 15 kopecks for adults and 5 kopecks for children, a truly affordable price for this brand of entertainment.

A winter street scene in Bałuty. Several people are entering a gate built into the wooden plank-fencing. A company of women and men stand near a small snowdrift. The figures in this picture are dressed warmly—however, whereas most of the women are…

In this Bałuty courtyard, several children are having fun filling enameled buckets with water from a pump. Not far from the buckets there stands a large barrel—such barrels were used for making sour cabbage and storing salted herring.

The Synagogue on Zachodna Street, which was given the name Wilker Shul, was the first Jewish sacral structure to be erected after the establishment of a "Jewish district." This synagogue, built between 1875 and 1878, housed the largest talmudic…

One of numerous Bałuty courtyards pictured in wintertime. The roofs of wooden houses are covered with a thick layer of snow, and large icicles hang from their eaves. In the courtyard, next to a wooden shed, we can see a large piece of…

This building, constructed in the 1890s by the Jewish Charitable Society, belonged to the Jewish Vocational School "Talmud Tora," where impoverished Jewish youth were able to receive an education. The Jewish industrialist Zygmunt Jarociński was one…

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…

Established in 1876, the Łódź Volunteer Fire Brigade was the strongest organization of its kind in Poland and experienced great success in international firefighting competitions. This photo shows us a training course for Łódź firemen.