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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…
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 Bolesław Chrobry Public Primary School at No. 88 Drewnowska Street
The school on Drewnowska Street was designed by the architect Wiesław Lisowski in the shape of a letter "H." The architectural form as a whole evokes the Neoclassical Style while its portico, supported by columns, alludes to the tradition of Polish…
Public School at No. 124 Aleksandrówska Street (presently Limanowski Street)
This school building at Aleksandrówska Street in Bałuty, was designed by the Polish architect Wiesław Lisowski and raised between 1927 and 1932. An expressive comb-crest crowns the building's main facade. A similar triangle motif appears in the…
Public School on Olsztyńska Street
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…
Courses for Motor Vehicle Drivers
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.
Program at the MEC
A 1923 poster advertising an event at the Municipal Educational Cinematograph in Łódź. The programming is typical for this theater: a mixture of educational documentaries about exotic locales, nature, and industrial settings.
Preschool at No. 21 Podmiejska Street
Small children are resting or (in most cases) sleeping on the deck chairs filling this large room. The present photo was taken at nap time inside the Seventh Municipal Preschool. The new two-building structure built by the Łódź City Council in 1927…
The Special School at No. 93 Nawrot Street - boarding-house for boys
In 1927 the Łódź City Council established nine institutions for children with behavior problems. In total, about 575 charges passed through these institutions. The boarding-house at the Special School (No. 93 Nawrot Street) could support 50…