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Departure from Łódź for Pabianice
A tram—GE58 "Berlinka"—is preparing to depart from a stop at Pabianicka Street. One of the engineers is using a rope to adjust the trolley pole that transfers electricity from the overhead catenary wire to the tram. A large group of passengers is…
Bałuty Market - tram depot for the ŁWEKD (Łódź Narrow-Guage Electric Rail Transport) lines
Bałuty Market at high noon. In the foreground we see a depot for commuter trains run by the Łódź Narrow-Guage Electric Rail Transport system. The train departing for by Aleksanrów is delayed, and amidst the crush of people impatient passengers seek…
May 3rd Constitution Day Parade (intersection of Piotrkowska and Narutowicza Streets) 1
The 3rd of May National Holiday celebration. A formal procession complete with marching band makes its way along Piotrkowska Street. The year 1922 is embroidered on the banner of the National Workers' Party (a political party with anti-Semitic…
Corner of Sienkiewicz and Przejazd Sreets
At the lefthand edge of this photo, taken at the junction of Sienkiewicz and Tuwim Streets, we can glimpse a section of the enclosure around Church of the Holy Cross. A high wooden-plank fence on the other side of the church shields our view of…
Bałuty Market
A prominently displayed schedule offers information about trams (belonging to the Łódź Narrow-Guage Electric Rail Transport system) running in the direction of Alexandrów. Relatively few people are seen waiting here. Among them, a woman with a small…
Brzezińska Street, later renamed Street of the Polish Armed Forces (Wojska Polskiego) - view of the Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary
One of the few places in Łódź which looks practically the same today as it did prior to World War II. This shot was taken from a point along what were formerly the city's eastern limits. The tram tracks pictured in this photo were laid in 1924. The…