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Amateur movie, ordinary life in Łódź, 1930s

Elzbieta Porteneuve — Sun Aug 17, 2014 2:24 am

Author: Elzbieta Porteneuve

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 2:24 am

I came across an amateur movie from 1930, Łódź.

Amateur film by Gustave Eisner, New York travel agent and native of Łódź. Łódź, 1930s
Amatorski film Gustawa Eisnera, pochodzacego z Łódzi agenta nowojorskiego biura podrozy. Łódź, lata 30, XX w.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=574032565994230

Extraordinary document.

Elzbieta

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:09 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:09 am

To commemorate the 100 anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, National Digital Archives shared online nearly 750 unpublished photographs from the years 1914 to 1918!

The photos include for example portraits of the soldiers, important historical events such as the Battle of Gorlice. Moreover landscapes of Galicia, Slovakia, Volhynia, Podolia and Bessarabia, views of Przemysl, Kraków and Kielce, documentation of the war damages and more...

The chosen photos are here:
http://nac.gov.pl/iws

You can also search whole online collection here: http://www.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Agnieszka Pawlus — Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:49 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:49 am

While I was working on our latest blog article about World War I cemeteries in Western Galicia, I found this great webiste with German war postcards collection:

http://www.allworldwars.com/German-World-War-I-Postcards-Part-I.html

There are some amazing photos from the Western and Eastern front lines. Definitely worth seeing!
Here are some examples:

And my article about war cemeteries is available here: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/07/17/war-cemeteries-in-western-galicia/

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Elzbieta Porteneuve — Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:14 am

Author: Elzbieta Porteneuve

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:14 am

Shellie wrote:

This link is to an interesting photo project of vintage photos from the borderlands.

http://albom.pl/

Many thanks Shellie.
Just browsed it, and read explanation.

Below is a little excerpt from the introduction.
The project "albom.pl" has been sponsored by Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And also helped by the District of Hajnówka.
I added the year, those young people do not know (yet) that it is an important parameter.

Best,
Elzbieta

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Twarde rezultaty

W lipcu, sierpniu i wrześniu [2013] zjeździliśmy siedem pogranicznych miejscowości. Najpierw w Polsce: Kleszczele i Gródek. Potem na Białorusi: Sopoćkinie, Łunnę, Wołpę, Wołkowysk i Kamieniec. Wybraliśmy je ze względu na bogatą historię, zróżnicowanie kulturowe i narodowe, niedużą ilość materiału fotograficznego w archiwach, a także dlatego, że mieliśmy tam przewodników.

Odwiedziliśmy ponad 60 domów. Zarejestrowaliśmy blisko 2300 archiwalnych fotografii z 44 prywatnych zbiorów mieszkańców i 3 kolekcje od pasjonatów starej fotografii.

Często mieliśmy wrażenie, że przejeżdżamy w ostatniej chwili, albo nawet za późno. Umierają ostatni świadkowie wojen, coraz trudniej o komentarz do zdjęć. Młodsi (szczególnie na Białorusi) nie przywiązują wagi do przebrzmiałych historii, po prostu wyrzucają papiery do śmieci. W latach 90. większość wiosek odwiedzili handlarze starzyzną. Wykupione fotografie poszły w świat, ale odarte z historii, anonimowe. Wiele zdjęć zniszczono, bo były niewygodnym świadectwem („makulaturą” z pożydowskich domów palono), albo niebezpiecznym dowodem (za zdjęcie w polskim mundurze można było trafić na Syberię).

Na stronie albom.pl zamieściliśmy wybór blisko 800 zeskanowanych zdjęć. Większość naszych rozmówców nie miała nic przeciwko temu, by rejestrować spotkanie kamerą - fragmenty nagrań też są do obejrzenia na stronie. Kronikarską dokumentację wyprawy wrzucaliśmy na Facebooka (profil albom.pl). W grudniu [2013] ukazała się książka fotograficzna "Albom.pl", która jest artystycznym podsumowaniem projektu.
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Solid results

In July, August and September [2013] we drove across seven frontier villages. First in Poland: Kleszczele and Gródek. Then in Belarus: Sopoćkinie, Łunnę, Wołpę, Wołkowysk i Kamieniec. [NOTE geography] We chose it because of the rich history, cultural diversity and small amount of photographic material in the national archives, and also because we had guides.

We visited over 60 homes. We recorded nearly 2,300 archival photographs from the private collections of 44 residents and 3 collections of fans of old photographs .

We often had the impression that it’s the last minute, or even too late. Last witnesses of the war are dying, it’s more and more difficult to get comments on the photos. Younger (especially in Belarus ) do not attach importance to the outdated history, just throw the papers in the trash. In the 1990s most of the villages have been visited by junk dealers. Purchased images have gone out into the world, but stripped of history, anonymous. Many of the photos were destroyed because they were uncomfortable testimony ("waste paper " of the Jewish houses have been burned), or dangerous evidences ( for the photo in Polish military uniform one could hit Siberia) .

In the albom.pl website we have included selection of nearly 800 scanned photos. Most of our interviewees had nothing against capturing our visit with a camera – some fragments of recordings are also available on the site. The chronicle records of expedition have been added on our Facebook (profile albom.pl). In December [2013], the photographic book "Albom.pl" has been published, which is an artistic summary of the project.

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NOTE: geography:
Kleszczele http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleszczele

Gródek http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%B3dek_%28powiat_bia%C5%82ostocki%29

Sopoćkinie, Сапоцкін, Sapockin http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopo%C4%87kinie

Łunna, Лунна http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81unna

Wołpa, Воўпа http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wo%C5%82pa
Wolpa, Volpe, Wolpe, Wolp, Woupa,Voupa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolpa_Synagogue

Wołkowysk, Ваўкавыск, Vaŭkavysk, Волковыск, Wołkowysk http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wo%C5%82kowysk
French wiki adds two romanizations: Vawkavysk or Volkovysk plus Lithuanian Valkaviskas and German Wolkowysk

Kamieniec (Litewski), Камянец, Kamianiec, Kamyanyets, Kamenets http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamieniec_%28Bia%C5%82oru%C5%9B%29

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Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Shellie — Sun Feb 23, 2014 12:44 am

Author: Shellie

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 12:44 am

This link is to an interesting photo project of vintage photos from the borderlands.

http://albom.pl/

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

PolishLibrarian — Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:20 pm

Author: PolishLibrarian

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:20 pm

Today I stumbled across this website http://www.album.nowytarg.pl/en/node/15 This is the English version of the site but the captions are still in Polish. You’ll find here an archival photo album resulting from a special exhibit put together at the Muzeum Podhalańskie im. Czesława Pajerskiego w Nowym Targu. The photos are historical prior to 1945, mostly from 1900-1945 and only some are dated. There are over 800 so they are divided by portraits, architecture, events, etc. Enjoy! ~PL

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Shellie — Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:03 pm

Author: Shellie

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:03 pm

A Polish friend showed me a great website with old photos from around the world. I believe it is in Ukrainian, but I used google translate to view all of the topics. Here is the link to "Poland 1932 color photographs. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors"

http://visualhistory.livejournal.com/202142.html#cutid1

I've posted 2 of my favorites below with the translated captions from the website.

re The Faces of Zbaraz

Slav — Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:45 am

Author: Slav

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:45 am

Catherine, wow What a great website and collection of photographs.
The stories of the towns and villages look fascinating
Thanks so much for sharing.
I haven't seen all the photos yet, but this one will surely be one of my favorite:

Old Photographs of the Residents of Zbaraż

Catherine — Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:51 pm

Author: Catherine

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:51 pm

http://www.zbarazgenealogia.com/home/thefacesofzbaraz.html

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Slav — Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:13 am

Author: Slav

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:13 am

The National Digital Archive (http://www.nac.gov.pl/en/node/5 recently launched their Facebook profile at https://www.facebook.com/narodowe.archiwum.cyfrowe
(in Polish only)
They regularly upload photos devoted to a particular subject, e.g. today's album is called "na ludowo" (hard to translate as a standalone phrase: perhaps "folk-wise")

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150604908884032.389095.308958934031&type=1

The theme last Sunday was "The brass band"

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150602892124032.388775.308958934031&type=1

The albums are public and you do not need to log in to Facebook to view them.

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Slav — Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:53 pm

Author: Slav

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:53 pm

Hello Shellie and Everyone,
I am a relatively new forum member and definitely new team member
Here is a link to an interesting website devoted to photographs of old Puławy, a town on the Vistula River in the Lublin Province. The name is pronounced poo-WAH - vey
This is the website: http://dawnepulawy.pl/index.php
Google Translator can help you navigate the site if your Polish is not up to scratch
In case you wonder what Nowa Alexandria means in relation to Puławy, the town was renamed so by the Russians in the 19th century - to honor the tzar Alexander II.

The photographs also show places close to Puławy, e.g. Kazimierz Dolny, a beautiful town that used to be a Polish-Jewish shtetl until WW2. Here is one from a collection of photos taken by Germans in Kazimierz in 1942:

More old photos from Kazimierz Dolny: http://dawnepulawyalter.jalbum.net/Kazimierz%20Dolny%20na%20starej%20fotografii./

Two old photos from Zakopane

Cheri Vanden Berg — Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:50 pm

Author: Cheri Vanden Berg

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:50 pm

http://www.karnet.krakow.pl/aktualnosci/zakopane/114/instrumenty-muzyczne-w-zbiorach-muzeum-tatrzanskiego_11729.html

http://www.karnet.krakow.pl/aktualnosci/zakopane/114/zakopianczycy-w-poszukiwaniu-tozsamosci-_12335.html

This site: www.karnet.krakow.pl is where I found the two photos from Zakopane, and a Christmas photo link which I placed on the Tis the Season forum. I found that you could get this site in English, and I did go on the site map, but so far I didn't find many more old photos. Just thought I'd mention that in case anyone is able to navigate the site, and find more than I did.

Re: Gorale photos

Shellie — Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:03 pm

Author: Shellie

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:03 pm

Cheri Vanden Berg wrote:

http://dawnetatry.pl/gorale.htm

Hi Cheri!

The gorale photos are so interesting! I've attached a screen shot to give members a little glimpse of what is on the link. Thanks for sharing this link!!!!

http://dawnetatry.pl/gorale.htm

Gorale photos

Cheri Vanden Berg — Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:31 am

Author: Cheri Vanden Berg

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:31 am

http://dawnetatry.pl/gorale.htm

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Shellie — Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:15 pm

Author: Shellie

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:15 pm

I have found another site with old photographs. So interesting!!

http://foto.recenzja.pl/Forum-album_cat-cat_id-19.html

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Zenon — Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:00 pm

Author: Zenon

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:00 pm

See what I came across: http://www.fototekaslaska.pl/fototeka_slaska.php , and English (google translate) version: http://tinyurl.com/6en89um .

This is online gallery of photographs and postcards from Opole Silesia region from the years mainly before 1945. There are already 1097 pictures.

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Shellie — Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:11 pm

Author: Shellie

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:11 pm

jozefs wrote:

Review of Polish cities:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1037403

Example: Yesterday and Today
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=941844

THANK YOU JOZEFS! These are great sites. I can't believe how many photos there are for all of the Polish villages and towns. For members like me who can't read Polish, here is the link to each site with the google translation option. Remember that this will also translate the town names, but you can hold your cursor over the translated town name to see the original Polish name.

http://tinyurl.com/polish-cities-translated

http://tinyurl.com/yesterday-today-translated

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

jozefs — Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:15 pm

Author: jozefs

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:15 pm

Review of Polish cities:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1037403

Example: Yesterday and Today
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=941844

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Shellie — Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:20 pm

Author: Shellie

Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:20 pm

Thanks Zenon!
In another posting, our fellow member MDuplaga suggested this site for Old Poland Photos: www.stareatelier.pl

Re: Internet Links to old Poland Photos - Post Them Here

Zenon — Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:06 am

Author: Zenon

Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:06 am

Shellie wrote:

I like to do google searches with the words "starych zdjęć" - but I'd like to know if there is a better way to say "old photos" in Polish.

Shellie,

You can try: "stare zdjęcia", "stare fotografie", "zdjęcia naszych przodków", "fotografie naszych przodków" (in general, "zdjęcia" and "fotografie" can be used interchangeably), "stare pocztówki" (postcards), "zdjęcia/pocztówki z XIX wieku", "stare zdjęcia/pocztówki miasta".

You can also try google translate to find Polish phrases translated into English.

Have a pleasant hunting