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The 3rd of May National Holiday celebration. A formal procession complete with marching band makes its way along Piotrkowska Street. The year 1922 is embroidered on the banner of the National Workers' Party (a political party with anti-Semitic…

Representatives of the armed forces, clerics, and members of various social and political associations took part in these 3rd of May parades, which were organized by city government. This kind of public festivity was wildly popular, as we can see…

A view of the first yard of the the former brewery of brothers Gehlig. By the 1930's no beer was brewed here anymore, and the space belonging to the factory had been rented out for use as stores and warehouses.

A view of the pond on the river Jasień. In the distance one can see a group of farm buildings belonging to the Scheibler family. On Sundays or other days after work nearby Łódź residents would flock to the pond for rest and relaxation, perhaps to…

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…

Here we see one of the many small retail courtyards animating the Old Market district, distantly reminiscent of a shopping arcade. Its broad entry archways allow for access of rather large delivery trucks .

A corner of the Zielony (Green) Market as viewed from Zielona Street. This modest wooden house, in front of which flower venders are displaying their inventory, was the headquarters of the Polish Society for Sobriety.

This bookstore's window display is packed with patriotic decoration: the Polish state emblem and a portrait of Józef Piłsudski announce National Independence Day, celebrated for the first time on October 11, 1937. This modern bookstore was the…

At the time, Nowomiejska Street saw more commerce than any other in Łódź. Shops and service businesses occupied every nook and cranny in both the front and courts of the buildings lining this street. Thickly distributed across the space of this…

Wooden homes and tall apartment buildings made of brick or stone, cobblestone streets—whether one found oneself in one of the city's northern districts, like Bałuty, or in midtown, such an architectural landscape was characteristic of pre-war Łódź.…