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Ad from Lodzer Tageblat publicizing the screening of the 1914 film Cleopatra, the first American full feature. Helen Gardner played the title role.

Collage of scenes from In poylishe velder (In Polish Forests)

At the lefthand edge of this photo, taken at the junction of Sienkiewicz and Tuwim Streets, we can glimpse a section of the enclosure around Church of the Holy Cross. A high wooden-plank fence on the other side of the church shields our view of…

It's a calm, sunny day in this courtyard located off Jakub Street. Two young boys with caps askew sit together on the cobblestone pavement, engrossed in play. Perchance they are playing with chestnuts gathered from the big tree standing nearby?

Ad from the Yiddish newspaper Najer Folksblat announcing driving courses. The Talmud-Torah Artisan School, established in Łódź by progressive Jews at the end of the 19th century, provided vocational and humanities education to Jewish youth.

Cushion for the shuttle-transferring bar in an under pick loom. The shuttle-transferring bar gives a push to the shuttle carrying a bobbin with the weft thread, to move it to the other side; after the push, the bar returns by a spring and is buffered…

Cushion for the shuttle-transferring bar in an under pick loom. The shuttle-transferring bar gives a push to the shuttle carrying a bobbin with the weft thread, to move it to the other side; after the push, the bar returns by a spring and is buffered…

The patriarch of a large family of weavers that settled in Łódź and Pabianice, David Wolf Abbe was the first Jew to have been received as a master in the Weavers’ Guild. He has also been credited by historians with the discovery of a new method of…

A dentist's office providing services under the auspices of the Sick Fund (Kasa Chorych). In the photo, female dentists treat two women reclining in dentist's chairs.