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Summer day camps 3
Summer day camps were held in two courses during the vacation months (July and August), on a daily basis (excluding holidays) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Camp attendees were entitled to three free meals a day. Here the photographer has happened upon…
The Preventorium in Łagiewniki
Children's Preventorium, established in Łagiewniki in 1920 for children infected with tuberculosis. At this facility, children could rest in conditions favorable to their recovery. One of the establishment's founders, Seweryn Sterling was a…
Station XI of the "Drop of Milk" Association for the Welfare of Mothers and Children - Bolesław Traczykowski
A man identified as Bolesław Traczykowski (the photographer, Włodzimierz Pfeiffer shared this name with us in his description of the photo's negative) poses and smiles in front of a signboard. Station XI of the "Drop of Milk" program was the last one…
"Drop of Milk" Association for the Welfare of Mothers and Children 1
A woman wrapped in a square woolen shawl (such shawls were factory produced to keep working-class women warm) gets help at a "Drop of Milk" station. Supporting a happy baby with one arm, she displays in her opposite hand the impressive bottle of milk…
"Drop of Milk" Association for the Welfare of Mothers and Children 2
A young girl wearing a chequered dress proudly holds up an oversized bottle of milk. Buildings from one of Łódź's poor districts are visible in the background.
"Drop of Milk" Association for the Welfare of Mothers and Children 3
Tired, overworked women with small children stand in line at a "Drop of Milk" station in an impoverished Łódź courtyard. Each woman has come with an empty vessel for receiving milk. All are shabbily dressed. Their square woolen worker's shawls (such…
Ambulance 1
This photograph was taken in front of the Sick Fund (Kasa Chorych) building at 225 Wólczańska Street (formerly the family residence of workers at the "Tivoli" factory). A man and a paramedic sit in an open ambulance car with registration number LD…
Ambulance 2
In front of the Sick Fund (Kasa Chorych) building at 225 Wólczańska Street, three men, each wearing an oprychówka (a flat cap typical of the day), take a patient on a stretcher out of an ambulance car.
Łódź Sick Fund Building - 34/36 Łagiewnicka Street
This building, constructed before WWII for use by the Łódź's Sick Fund (Kasa Chorych), numbered among the most elegant edifices in Bałuty at the time. Above the modernist framework we can see part of a large inscription: THE ŁÓDŹ SICK FUND. At…
Waiting Room at the Children's Health Insurance Fund Clinic No. 6 - 119 Aleksandrowska Street
The health clinic on Aleksandrowska Street housed offices for Surgery and Internal Medicine. In this picture, people are seated on two benches in the clinic's waiting room. A ceramic tile stove and large table are situated along one wall.