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Portrait photograph of a soldier of the Infantry Cadet School in Warsaw. Well visible uniform wz.19 with "SP" markings on epaulettes. An early eagle wz.19 is visible on the cornet. On the back the photograph is dated August 1920. Dimensions: 9cm x 6cm. Overall condition as in the photos.
Photograph showing a group of Prussian soldiers together with a Polish Lancer, Jozef Laskowski of Lublin, in the uniform of the 2nd Lancer Regiment of the Legions. The cap of the 2nd Uhlan Regiment along with the eagle, saber with sling (Polish sling with eagle) and other details are well visible. A description in German written in pencil on the reverse. Photo taken in Minsk Mazowiecki (at tha...
[SKŁODOWSKA- CURIE Maria with her daughter Irena - press photograph, situational]. [l. 1920s]. Photograph form. 18x13 cm. Double Nobel Prize winner and later Nobel Prize winner captured while leaving work in the laboratory at P. Curie Street, before her scheduled departure for America. On the back a press stamp with a description in French and a handwritten identifying inscription in pencil. ...
[ZAMOYSKA Róża z Potockich - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [l. 1850s]. Photograph form. 8.7x5.3 cm on original base form. 10x6 cm, by G[rzegorz] Sachowicz in [Warsaw]. The portrait of the sitter is taken in 3/4 figure, sitting supporting her left hand on a bent table. She is dressed in a striking gown. In the lower left corner of the backing, under the photograph, the...
[PLATER-ZYBERK - countess - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [not before 1857, not after 1863]. Photograph form. 9.9x5.7 cm on original backing 10.5x6.3 cm, taken at Karol Beyer's establishment in Warsaw. Portrait of the portrait subject framed in 3/4 figure, in oval. Photo glued on original cardboard backing. On the back an advertising vignette of the establishment printe...
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Tatra Mountains - Zakopane - Koscieliska Street - view photograph - cabinet format shot]. [l. 80s/90s 19th century]. Photograph form. 11.6x14.6 cm on original backing form. 12.8x17.8 cm, by Stanislaw Bizanski. Depicts a view of a street and residents facing the photographer. Printed on the right margin of the underlay: "St Bizanski Krakow and Zakopane". Photo...
[JanuaryUprising - Józef Dombroski (Dabrowski) - portrait photograph - cdv shot]. [16 JUNE 1864]. Photograph form. 8.9x5.6 cm on an original backing of 10.3x6.3 cm, taken at the Ad[olf] Russ factory in Hradec Kralove. Portrayed in full view, the portraitist is standing supported by his right elbow against a carved pedestal, against which a doublet is also leaning? He is dressed in the insurge...
[ARYSTOKRATION - the last Ordinate of Łańcut Alfred Potocki receives Prince George of Kent and his wife Marina at the Łańcut residence - situational photographs]. [VII 1937]. Set of 22 photographs form ca. 13.5x8.5cm, 9x13cm, 6x8.5cm, 9x7cm on 5 album cards. Photographs pasted on album cards and handwritten description: "Stay of the Duchy of Kent in Łańcut July 1937", "at the station in ...
[HUCULSZCZYZNA - Kolomyja - Hutsul types - posed photograph - shot in cabinet format]. [not before 1871]. Photograph form. 13.7x9.5 cm on original backing form. 16x10.8 cm, by J[uliusz] Dutkiewicz in Kolomyia. Couple posed for a commemorative photograph. Photo pasted on original cardboard backing with brown border. On the lower margin of the backing print: "J. Dutkiewicz Kolomea". On the back ...
[WILNO - in front of the building of the 4th Commissariat of the City Militia - posed, situational photograph]. [not before IV 1919, not after VIII 1920]. Photograph form. 12x16.6 cm on a backing form. ca. 20x24.5 cm. Officers posed in front of the police station building. Above the entrance a signboard with the inscription: "Komisarjat IV Cyrkule of the Vilnius Municipal Militia". Photo paste...
A card with three photographs of Polish Army soldiers, the first photo shows a building with the inscription at the top "Soldier's House" . The Polish Soldier's House was located in Warsaw, Praga district 3 Zygmuntowska Street (now Solidarności Avenue) opposite St. Florian's Cathedral. Destroyed in September 1939. Dimensions: 30cm x 14cm. Condition as in photos.
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Pieniny - Szczawnica - Josephine and Stefan's Spa - view photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [l. 70s/80s XIX century?]. Photograph form. 5.5x9.4 cm on original backing form. 6.5x10.6 cm, by A[wita] Szubert in Krakow and Szczawnica. Depicts the eastern frontage of Dietl Square overlooking the Josephine and Stefan spas. Photo pasted on original cardboa...
[ORKAN Władysław]. Wladyslaw Orkan's signature under the photo and his handwritten dedication on the back. Photo form. 8.7x6 cm on original cardboard backing. On the lower margin the writer's signature "Wł. Orkan", on the back Orkan's handwritten dedication: "To Mej Pola I send this poor likeness with a request for remembrance.... (Let the rest be added by the eyes, which may look into my s...
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Eastern Beskids - Czarnohora - Zabie-Slupejka - PTT tourist station in Gertner's inn - scenic, situational photograph]. [not after 14 II 1936]. Photograph form. 13.1x18.1 cm, by[Wł[odzimierz] Sawczyński]. Shot of Hutsuls, tourists, cars and a horse-drawn wagon in front of the Tourist Station building located in the Gertner's Restaurant and Inn, which does n...
[ JanuaryUprising - Erazm Kwaskowski - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [not after 1864]. Photograph form. 9.1x5.3 cm on original backing of 10.4x6.3 cm, by J[gnacy] Z[ygmunt] Gołębiowski in Lviv. Portrayed portrayed in full figure, in uniform with decorations, saber at side. On the lower margin of the backing print: "J. Z. Golębiowski". Photo pasted on original cardboa...
Lviv - Photograph by H. Poddębski. General view Dimension 11,5 x 17 cm Henryk Poddębski (1890 Chrzastkow - 1945 Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most prominent pre-war Polish photographers, representative of the so-called "sightseeing photography", a long-time member of the Polish Society of Sightseeing. Since 1900 he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial School of ...
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Tatra Mountains - Tatra guides - view photograph - cabinet format shot]. [not before 1885]. Photograph form. 14.4x10 cm on original backing form. 16.3x11 cm, by Stanislaw Bizanski. Highlanders - Tatra guides seen in a shot against the background of a forest. Printed on the lower margin of the backing: "St Bizański Kraków and Zakopane". Photo pasted on origi...
[LUBLIN - Zasrana Gate (Porta Sordida) - view photograph]. [1937]. Photograph form. 16.8x11.2 cm, by Jan Bulhak. Depicts a view of an old town street with a characteristic figure of a Jew conducting commercial negotiations, seen through the arcade of an old gate demolished by the Nazis when liquidating the Jewish quarter. In the lower right corner an imprint: "J. Bulhak. Vilnius." The photogra...
[Before the January Uprising - Titus Chalubinsky with the band of the City Delegation on his shoulder - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [1861]. Photograph form. 9.2x5.6 cm on an original backing of 9.2x5.6 cm, taken at the Karol Beyer factory in Warsaw. Photo glued on original cardboard backing. On the back an advertising vignette of the plant printed: "Karol Beyer Photog...
A photograph from the Second Polish Republic showing Polish Army soldiers from the 28th Kaniowski Rifle Regiment. The photograph shows very well the uniforms of the soldiers, including armor, helmets wz.15 and Mauser rifles wz.29. A great curiosity is the Russian-Finnish helmet wz.17, which came to Poland from Finland from the Polish Legion in Finland, in which Poles evacuated from Murmansk se...
In the photo, the commander of the 2nd Armored Regiment, Colonel Stanislaw Koszutski (1st left), accepts the report during the roll call, called by the camp commander, Lt. Maria Irena Mileska "Jaga." Of particular note are the armbands visible on the women's right arm and the clearly visible red-and-white pennant on Lt. Maria Milewska's furze jacket. On the reverse side is the stamp "Military ...
Photograph of Women Near the Destroyed Kierbedzia Bridge in Warsaw after the end of hostilities. Dimensions: 9cm x 6cm Overall condition as shown in photos.
Two soldiers on horseback, Vilnius, ca. 1920. Postcard format
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Eastern Beskids - Gorgany - defunct PTT shelter "U źródła Świcy") - view photograph]. [l. 1930s]. Photograph form. 13.8x8.8 cm, by Adam Lenkiewicz. Shot in summer time of the hostel of the Lviv branch of the Polish Tatra Society built in 1932 and destroyed during WW2. On the back stamp and identifying entry in pencil. Good condition. Extensive information...
Vileyka, oblast Minsk - Henryk Sienkiewicz State Middle School Postcard format
Warsaw - Photography by H. Poddębski. Saski Palace Dimension 12.2 x 17.3 cm Henryk Poddębski (1890 Chrzastkow - 1945 Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most prominent pre-war Polish photographers, representative of the so-called "sightseeing photography", a long-time member of the Polish Society of Sightseeing. Since 1900 he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial Schoo...
[MOUNTAINS - CarpathianMountains - Eastern Beskids - Gorgans - non-existent shelter on Nizhna pod Doboszanka - view photograph, situational]. [27 JULY 1930]. Photograph form. 8.9x12 cm. View of the building of the shelter, called a shelter, liquidated most likely in 1937. On the back a handwritten inscription: "Shelter. PTT under Doboszanka 27/VII 930" and stamp: "Polskie Towarzystwo Tatrzańs...
Minsk Mazowiecki - Gate to the barracks Dimensions 6 x 9 cm
Warsaw - Jerozolimskie Avenue 12, corner Bracka 15. the Provincial Headquarters of the State Police. Building decorated with an effigy of Jozef Pilsudski, 1920s/30s Postcard format.
Warsaw - Photography by H. Poddębski. Oboźna street Dimensions 12.8 x 17.9 cm Henryk Poddębski (1890 Chrzastkow - 1945 Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most prominent pre-war Polish photographers, representative of the so-called "sightseeing photography", a long-time member of the Polish Society of Sightseeing. Since 1900 he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial Sc...
[ JanuaryUprising - Jadwiga Luszczewska, alias Deotyma - portrait photograph - shot in card de visite format]. [not before 1870]. Photograph form. 9.4x5.8 cm on original backing form. 10.6x6.3 cm, by Maksymilian Fajans in Warsaw. Portrait of the sitter shown in bust. On the lower margin of the underlay printed: "M. Fajans in Warsaw". Photo pasted on original cardboard backing with blue border....
Photograph of a soldier of the Polish Army in the early days of the Polish Army. Visible is a soldier's summer shirt, belt with wz.22 loaders and a Mauser rifle. At the bottom, the photograph is captioned "1923." Dimensions: 14cm x 9cm. Overall condition as shown in the photos.
Warsaw - Photography by H. Poddębski. Mokotow new district Dimension 10,6 x 17,4 cm Henryk Poddębski (1890 Chrzastkow - 1945 Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most prominent pre-war Polish photographers, representative of the so-called "sightseeing photography", a long-time member of the Polish Society of Sightseeing. Since 1900 he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commerci...
Lviv - Photography by H. Poddębski. Hetman's Bulwarks Dimension 12 x 17,2 cm Henryk Poddębski (1890 Chrzastkow - 1945 Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most prominent pre-war Polish photographers, representative of the so-called "sightseeing photography", a long-time member of the Polish Society of Sightseeing. Since 1900 he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial Scho...
STRZYZAWKA - view of a palace on the Boh River in Podolska Gubernia - photograph by J. Mielnicki from a drawing from nature by Napoleon Orda. [not before 1881, not after 1883]. Photograph form. 19.328.9 cm on a board form. ca. 31.5x44.5 cm. Photo pasted on board, margins of board locally stained, torn and with loss on lower margin. Condition of the photograph good. Prints under the photograph:...
Photograph showing Adolf Hitler during a visit to the captured Polish depot at Westerplatte. September 19, 1939. Adolf Hitler arrived in Gdansk for a visit. During his triumphal drive through the city, he was enthusiastically greeted by its residents. Two days later, on September 21, he visited the site of Westerplatte, wanting to see with his own eyes the "fortress" that resisted German battl...
[LESZNO - non-existent monument to Germania - view photograph - card de visite shot]. [2nd half of the 19th century]. Photograph form. 8.6x5.3 cm on original backing form. 10x6.2 cm, by O[ttomar] Anschütz in Leszno (Lissa). View of the Germania monument dedicated to the memory of Prussian and German soldiers killed in the wars of 1866 and 1870/71, which stood on the present Tadeusza Kosciuszk...
Warsaw - Moorish House Dimensions 9 x 12 cm
Busko-Zdrój - Car with license plate Ost (Generalnia Gubernia) Postcard format
Warsaw - Krakowskie Przedmieście. "Foto-Prasa"
Yaremcze - Photo by H. Poddębski. Railroad viaduct Dimension 11,8 x 16,9 cm Henryk Poddębski (1890 Chrzastkow - 1945 Vaihingen concentration camp) was one of the most prominent pre-war Polish photographers, representative of the so-called "sightseeing photography", a long-time member of the Polish Society of Sightseeing. Since 1900 he lived in Warsaw, where he studied at the Commercial Schoo...
PILZNO (district of Debica). Fragment of the city, Gothic church in the background; photo: CAF - Kwiatkowski, 9.01.1963; very good condition, dimensions: 13 x 18,1 cm.
BUSKO-ZDRÓJ. Spa Park, summer amphitheater; photo: CAF - Sokolowski, 31.03.1971; very good minus condition, dimensions: 18.2 x 13 cm.
BUSKO-ZDRÓJ. Sanatorium; photo: CAF - Surowiec, 1970s; very good minus condition (bent corner), dimensions: 18.2 x 13 cm.
[Lviv - St. Andrew's Church and Bernardine Monastery - view photograph - cabinet format shot]. [not before 1880]. Photograph form. 14.4x10.7 cm on original base form. 16.4x11.1 cm, by Edward Trzemeski in Lviv. View of the richly decorated facade, of one of the most beautiful churches of Lviv. Photo pasted on original cardboard backing. Under the photo the overprint: "E. Trzemeski Lviv, Hotel E...
Photograph showing soldiers of the 1st Armored Division and female participants in the Warsaw Uprising during the liberation of Oberlangen VI C prison camp. At one of the former prisoners can be seen an eagle made probably in conspiracy. On the reverse side a stamp "Military Film and Photography Section/Polish Army Film Unit Foto Service No." And a number written in pencil. Dimensions: 17 cm x...
[KROSNO and surroundings - souvenir album for the head of the inspectorate of the State Mutual Insurance Company inKrosno - view photographs]. [1943, 1945]. Album with 43 photographs, form ca. 9x14 cm, 10x7 cm, taken by Rudolf Kask's atelier in Krosno. Album in red cloth binding, form. 22.5x33 cm, 20 pages, spine tied with string. On the first page, a dedication calligraphed: "To our dear Chie...
Participants of the Warsaw Uprising in a prisoner of war camp liberated by soldiers of the 1st Armored Division. Attention is drawn to the varied uniforms of the women veterans of the Warsaw Uprising. On the reverse is the stamp "Military Film and Photography Section/Polish Army Film Unit Photo Service No." And a number written in pencil. Dimensions: 17 cm x 12 cm. General condition as in photos.
Participants of the Warsaw Uprising, liberated from a German prisoner of war camp, accompanied by soldiers of the 2nd Armored Regiment from General Stanislaw Maczek's 1st Armored Division. Transport vehicles stand between the barracks. What draws attention is the mix of British uniforms and civilian clothes and uniforms from the period of the uprising battles. A number written in pencil on the...
Photograph of SS soldiers during a meal in a trench, clearly visible SS markings on the collar of soldier 1 on the left and a corpse skull on the fusillade of soldier 1 on the right. Scattered around are loaves of bread, canned goods, a thermos and pieces of equipment. Dimensions: 6cm x 9cm. Overall condition as shown in photos.
April 1945, Oberlangen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Female participants of the Warsaw Uprising in a prisoner of war camp liberated by soldiers of the 1st Armored Division during roll call. Varied clothing is visible, including the distinctive red and white armbands worn by the women on the right shoulder. On the reverse is the stamp "Military Film and Photography Section/Polish Army Film Unit Photo...
Studio photograph of a soldier in the early stages of the formation of the Polish Army. Perfectly visible collar patches. Dimensions: 20cm x 15cm. General condition as in the photos.
[WWI - Polish Legions - Legionnaires' war cemetery in Koshchy, Volhynia - group photograph, posed]. [not before 1915]. Photograph form.16,7x23 cm on original base form. 19,3x25,4 cm, of unknown authorship. Numerously gathered at the war cemetery in Koszyszcze (near Kolki in Volhynia) participants of an anniversary ceremony commemorating the legionaries who died in the area fighting under the c...
[NEIGHBORHOOD - ravine - view photograph]. [l. 1930s]. Photograph form. 11.1x16 cm, by Jan Bulhak in Vilnius. Depicts a view of a ravine. In the lower right corner an imprint: "Jan Bulhak Vilnius". The photograph belongs to the author's series "Poland in the photographic images of Jan Bulhak". On the back, among others, stamp: "Poland in the photogr. images of J. Bulhak. No. 2112 [inscribed in...
[ PolishArmy - Marshal Jozef Pilsudski on a Chestnut accepting the parade at the celebrations of the 8th anniversary of regaining independence in Saski Square in Warsaw - situational photograph]. [11 XI 1926]. Photograph form. 8.2x13.2 cm. Marshal on a Chestnut accepting a parade of infantry troops at Saski Square on 11 XI 1926. good condition.
Bialystok - May 3, 1931 Unveiling of the monument to those murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1920. Postcard format
Photograph of ammunition wagons and guns of the Polish Army during exercises. Probably barracks in Torun, Sobieski street. Dimensions: 9cm x 14cm. General condition as in the photos.
Photograph showing a woman in uniform and cornet wz.19. Well visible infantry patches, regimental number on epaulettes, and rank and eagle insignia on cornet. Dimensions: 14cm x 9cm. Overall condition as in the photos.
[ZUŁÓW - farm buildings of the former manor - view photograph]. [1936?]. Photograph form. 11.3x15.7 cm, by Jan Bulhak in Vilnius. Depicts a view of the wooden outbuildings of the former grange. Jozef Pilsudski was born in the Zułów estate on December 5, 1867. In the lower right corner the imprint: "J. Bulhak. Vilnius." The photograph belongs to the author's series "Poland in the photograph...
Photograph showing a group of women, participants in the Warsaw Uprising, during their liberation from the Oberlangen VI C prisoner of war camp. Of particular note is a uniformed little boy with a fusillade on his head, probably the son of one of the women. On the reverse is the stamp "Military Film and Photographic Section/Polish Army Film Unit Foto Service No." And a number written in pencil...
[HULEWICZ Witold - in front of the microphone of the Vilnius station of the Polish Radio - situational photograph, portrait]. [not before XII 1927, not after 1935]. Photograph form. 13.7x8.8 cm by Jan Bulhak in Vilnius. On the back, among others, the stamp: "J. Bulhak Art. Fotograf Wilno, 8 Jagiellońska St." and a pencil identification inscription. Photo slightly cropped from the bottom, mino...
On All Souls' Day 1920, a symbolic tomb in the form of a sarcophagus with an eagle and the inscription "To the Fallen for the Fatherland" was unveiled in the center of Warsaw, at 3 Maja Avenue, surrounded by four obelisks. It commemorated soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war. As the "Kurier Warszawski" reported on January 22, 1921, the monument - which had a provisional character - was ...