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The Old Market Square 3
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…
Zielony (Green) Market in 1930
Zielony (Green) Market is shown here as a lively hub of activity. In the crowd people are engaged in buying and selling goods mills around a number of free-standing booths and tables. A few folks sell their wares straight from horse carts.
Summer Theater in Staszica Park
In this photo we can see the Summer Theater building picturesquely nestled inside Staszica Park. Its stage was a bandshell left over from the 1912 Grand Craft Exhibition and transformed by the addition of an auditorium.
Bałuty Market - tram depot for the ŁWEKD (Łódź Narrow-Guage Electric Rail Transport) lines
Bałuty Market at high noon. In the foreground we see a depot for commuter trains run by the Łódź Narrow-Guage Electric Rail Transport system. The train departing for by Aleksanrów is delayed, and amidst the crush of people impatient passengers seek…
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…
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…
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…
Zgierska Street
On a sunny afternoon, we see Zgierska Street from the Bałuty Market southward towards St. Mary’s Church. The architecture is a mixture of wooden houses and tenement buildings, typical of Bałuty. The street is paved with cobblestoned and in the…
The Municipal Educational Cinematograph 2
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…