Poland Collection

Marie Curie
Born in Poland in 1867, after receiving her secondary education she worked as a governess for eight years. Marie moved to Paris and read Physics at the Sorbonne

Map / Europe / Germany 1871
Imperial Germany after the Franco- Prussian War, showing Alsace and Lorraine as part of the country, not to mention huge chunks of Poland in East Prussia

Polish poster for a film, The Warsaw Mermaid, directed by Tadeusz Makarczynski, based on a local legend. 1956

Mary / Czestochowa
depicted as OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA, Poland

Map / Europe / Poland 1772
A German map of Poland and its neighbours in the late 18th century

Kaiser Wilhelm II presenting medals, Warsaw, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, presenting Iron Crosses to troops in Warsaw, Poland, soon after the city was captured by the Austro-German Army during the First World War

Schweidnitzer, Breslau, Silesia, Germany (i. e. Wroclaw, Pol
Schweidnitzer, Breslau, Silesia, Germany (i.e. Wroclaw, Poland). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Women from Lublin, Poland
Village peasant women from Lublin, Poland Date: circa 1910s

Krakow, Poland - Renaissance Cloth Hall - Main Market Square
Krakow, Pland - The Renaissance Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) in the Main Market Square Date: 1906

Germany and Russia discuss the division of Poland, 1939
Russian Commander Borowenski bends over a map of Poland during discussions between German and Russian officers about the demarcation of the country following the invasion by Germany

Silesia Plebiscite
In Silesia, with a mixed German and Polish population, residents of Kattowitz/ Katowice await the results of the plebiscite which will divide the region

Jan III Sobieski
JOHN (JAN) III SOBIESKI king of Poland and military commander, who liberated Vienna when menaced by the Ottoman Turks. Polands greatest king

Poland / Warsaw Old Market
Street scene - the Old Market

Street scene in Liegnitz (Legnica), Poland
Goldbergerstrasse and the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Liegnitz (Legnica), Poland

Fight for a Turkish Standard, c. 1905, by Jozef Brandt (1841
Jozef Brandt (1841-1915). Polish painter. Fight for a Turkish Standard, c.1905. National Museum. Krakow. Poland

Marshal Jozef Pilsudski, Polish statesman
Marshal Jozef Klemens Pilsudski (1867-1935), Polish statesman in various roles from 1918 until his death. Date: circa 1914-1918

Polish cavalry at the start of World War Two
Poland as a military power: cavalry, tanks and infantry (part of a spread in the Illustrated London News). Polands impressive horse cavalry are seen here, probably the best in Europe (the ILN says)

Poet and discus thrower, Mlle. H. Konopacka
Halina Konopacka (1900 - 1989), famous athlete and the first Polish Olympic Champion (1928, Amsterdam). She took part in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam, where she won a gold medal in discus throw

Vilnius, Lithuania
General view of the city, at a time when it was part of Poland

Market in the centre of Warsaw, Poland, circa 1890s. Date: circa 1890s

Nicolaus Copernicus (14731543) Astronomer. Orbes Celeste
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated an heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center

General Rudolf von Metz entering Jaroslau, Poland, WW1
General Rudolf Wendelin Adolf Edler von Metz (1861-1943), Austro-Hungarian army officer. Seen here (centre) with others entering Jaroslau (Jaroslav)

Two Soviet Heavy Tanks Josef Stalin (IS) II
This model of tank was introduced in spring 1944. The conflict depictedis likely to have been taken in Belarus or Poland in late autumn 1944

Battle of Maciejowice
The Russians and Prussians defeat the leader of the insurrection, Kosciuszko, and his forces at the battle of Maciejowice

Augustus II King Poland
AUGUST II, king of Poland He was also Elector of Saxony as Friedrich August I, but this did not save him from being deposed

Polish revolt against Russian domination
During the November Uprising, also known as the Cadet Revolution (1830-1831), Polish patriots attempt (unsuccessfully) to throw off Russian domination

Saint Hyacinth carrying an image of the Virgin
Hyacinth, Silesian saint who escaped from the flames of Kiev during an attack on a monastery by the Tartars because he was carrying an image of the Virgin. His feast day is 17 August

Salt mine, near Cracow 1870
Salt mine of Wielitska, near Cracow, Poland, workmen deep down in the mines, chipping away at the salt. Date: 1870

Polish poster for MGM film, Flipper
Polish poster for an MGM film, Flipper (the Polish title is: My Friend is a Dolphin), starring Chuck Connors, Kathleen Maguire and Luke Halpin, poster designed by Rapnicki. 1963

Woman from Lublin, Poland
Village peasant woman from Lublin, Poland Date: circa 1910s

Poland / Gdansk / Panoramic
Panaramic view of Gdansk (known formerly as Danzig)

Poland - Warsaw - View over the city showing the Kierbedzia Bridge over the Vistula River, destroyed by the Germans in September 1944 during World War Two.. Date: 1899

Court House and Old Market, Posen, Germany (i. e. Poznan Pol
Court House and Old Market, Posen, Germany (i.e. Poznan Poland). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Landing pier, Zoppot, West Prussia, Germany (i. e. Sopot, Po
Landing pier, Zoppot, West Prussia, Germany (i.e. Sopot, Poland). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Salt Mine Shaft Entrance - Wieliczka, Poland
Wieliczka, Poland - a famous salt mining town. Active mining ceased in 1996 due to low prices and the flooding of the mine. Salt has been produced here since the 13th century

Bielsko-Biala - Poland
Town on the Polish - on the Czech Republic border - Bielsko-Biala Date: circa 1900

German field kitchens at Przemysl
Field kitchens and food supplies are moved up to support German troops during the Battle of Przemysl. After a brief occupation by Russian forces

Polish Flag
After a provisional government has been announced by the insurgents, the national flag is introduced and carried into battle

War with Russia - 5
The long-drawn out battle of the Vistula ends in a crushing defeat of the Red Army by the Poles, seen here posing later in the year with guns taken from the bolsheviks

General Skrzynecki
Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki, leader of the November rising, at the head of his troops, acclaimed by the Polish populace

November Insurrection
Polish cadets and civilians take the Belvedere Palace, Warsaw, from the occupying Russians - a fine victory, though the insurrection was suppressed by the Russians

Tomczyk Demonstates Pk
Stanislawa Tomczyk - Polish medium - demonstrates PK whilst under hypnosis to Ochorowicz in Poland by raising small objects, in this case a little ball

Stefan I of Poland
STEFAN I BATORY son-in-law of Zygmunt II

Casimir 111 of Poland
CASIMIR III THE GREAT son of Wladyslaw I

Poland / Warsaw Institute
Warsaw: the Polytechnic Institute

Wladyslaw Iv / Poland
WLADYSLAW IV VASA King of Poland (1632-48)

Poland / Warsaw Palace
Warsaw: Lazienki Palace

Poland / Warsaw Church
Warsaw: Church of the Piarist Fathers in the snow

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