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Pfeiffer’s photograph of a paved marketplace, with St. Mary’s Church in the background. The picture frame is packed with shopping and vending people. Looking at it we can almost hear the sound of a bustling bazaar. In the foreground, we see a…

Pfeiffer’s photograph of the Municipal Educational Cinematograph building seen from the Wodny Market. The inscription above the entry to the cinema reads: “The Municipal Educational Cinematograph.” The trees behind the building belong to the…

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…

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 drawing indicates that the cinema had one main entrance from Aleksandryjska Street, which led to a sizeable hall. From the hall, one would enter a smaller waiting area lit by natural light coming though five large windows. The ticket window was…

A wind band on the stage of the concert shell at the Helenów Park is posing for photograph. The musicians’ instruments are raised but nobody is playing, and the conductor is directly facing the photographer. Rows of chairs set up for the spectators…

A panorama of Łódź at the end of the 18th century in a stylized picture from the 1960s or 70s. In this artistic rendition, Łódź is shown during the pre-industrial phase of its history, when it was still a small agrarian settlement. We can see the…

An ad from the fiftieth anniversary edition of Der Lodzer Zeitung applauding the amenities of cinema Luna. The six photographs included in the ad show an uniformed usher greeting the guests at the opulent entry to the theatre (with a large poster…

An ad from the fiftieth anniversary edition of Der Lodzer Zeitung applauding the amenities of cinema Casino. The photograph shows the auditorium with its chic décor—elegant self-opening seats, wood paneling, and the back of the room with its arched…

An ad and an article in the Łódź weekly dedicated to cinema affairs about the movie theater Syrena. Although disguised as an interview, the article is in fact a full page advertisement for Syrena, announcing planned renovations. The owner assures his…