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Summer day camps were organized by the local government of Łodź, and offered on a regular basis to public-school children aged 7–14 and recruited (irrespective of ethnicity or religion) from the poorest working-class neighborhoods. Summer day camps…

The green areas in two Łódź city parks were offered up for use to the summer day camps. The first such a location was Prince Józef Poniatowski Park, and the second, established in the early 1920s, was the Park May 3rd, which served as a meeting place…

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 activities of the summer day-camp took place in the space of two large playing fields. A swimming pool was located nearby. Twin lounges were constructed next to the fields to serve the needs of the children. The photograph pictures the inside of…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…