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Zielony Market (house belonging to the Polish Society for Sobriety)
A corner of the Zielony (Green) Market as viewed from Zielona Street. This modest wooden house, in front of which flower venders are displaying their inventory, was the headquarters of the Polish Society for Sobriety.
Zielony (Green) Market in 1930
Zielony (Green) Market is shown here as a lively hub of activity. In the crowd people are engaged in buying and selling goods mills around a number of free-standing booths and tables. A few folks sell their wares straight from horse carts.
Tags: commerce, horse-drawn vehicles, markets
Zgierska Street near Bałuty Market
A wooden building housing W. Orensztajn's hardware store, near Bałuty Market. Cars and open-air carriages are parked along Zgierska Street. Because of the proximity of the market the street is very busy.
Tags: commerce, dwellings, horse-drawn vehicles, markets
Wolborska Street, a view of the street looking in the direction of the Old Market Square
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…
Tags: commerce, horse-drawn vehicles, markets, synagogues
The Old Market Square 4
Along the eastern frontage line of Łódź's Old Market Square one could always find a long line of horse-drawn cabs. The horse-drawn coach or droshky was the early-twentieth-century counterpart of today's taxi. On an advertising post (only partly seen…
Tags: horse-drawn vehicles, markets
The Old Market Square 2
The Old Market Square, appropriately named since it is oldest square in Łódź, has been with the city since its earliest days. In the first half of the 20th century only Jews resided in this vicinity. Commerce blossomed here: this was the location of …
Tags: commerce, horse-drawn vehicles, markets
Segment of Wolborska Street in the Old Town
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…
Tags: commerce, markets, Michał Krel
Jojne Pilicer Plac
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…
Tags: architecture, markets