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Wolborska Street was among the most important streets in the city's Jewish district. It was on Wolborska that the city's first wooden synagogue was built in the mid-19th c. (sometime in the 1860s). This photograph features a view of the street…

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?

A prominently displayed schedule offers information about trams (belonging to the Łódź Narrow-Guage Electric Rail Transport system) running in the direction of Alexandrów. Relatively few people are seen waiting here. Among them, a woman with a small…

Izrael Poznański's manufacturing plant was one of the largest textile operations in Łódź at the turn of the 20th c. The enterprise suffered enormous financial losses during World War I. The next generation of the Poznański family kept the company…

Aside from large-scale textile operations, Łódź was also home to numerous smaller firms. A group of men and two teenaged boys in work clothes stand lined up for a photo — these proud workers belong to one of the city's many small brick factories. A…

Nowomiejska Street was the main artery of the Jewish district. In 1840 the entire length of this street was still an integral part of Piotrkowska Street. Later on, the segment of Piotrkowska north of Freedom Square (Plac Wolności) was separated and…

As one of the oldest streets in Łódź, Wolborska Street was an integral part of the city's Jewish district and a major center of commerce. Wolborska connected the Old Market Square with the streetmarket on Wschodna Street (Szachermarkt), where kosher…

One of the few places in Łódź which looks practically the same today as it did prior to World War II. This shot was taken from a point along what were formerly the city's eastern limits. The tram tracks pictured in this photo were laid in 1924. The…

This photo was taken in the southern part of the city. In the 1820s, at the site of the village Wólka, a new industrial settlement known as Łódka on the Jasień River (Łódka nad Jasieniem) was established. The photo offers us a view of the city as…

Here we are shown the interior of a classroom at the Public School on Olsztyńska Street. The room was built to hold 48 students. Two wooden chairs stand neatly behind each desk, and all 24 desktops are equipped with inkwells. On the wall above the…