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Cub Scouts taking part in Operation ShoeshineTwo Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine, a seven-day campaign during Scout Job Week. Their first customer was an actress, Caroline Munro
Felix DzerzhinskyFELIX DZERZHINSKY Polish/Russian agitator, banished to Siberia, exiled for part in 1905 rising, returned 1917, head of secret police (Cheka) etc
Rosa Luxemburg - 1ROSA LUXEMBURG German Socialist agitator, helped found the Polish Social Democratic Party
Frederic Chopin / EtudeFREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his C minor Etude
Frederic Chopin / NocturneFREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his Nocturne opus 9 number 2 Date: 1810 - 1849
Polish anti-war poster -- NiePolish anti-war poster of a ruined city in the silhouette of a falling bomb, with the single word Nie (No)
Lithuania / Vilnius 20CVilnius (Polish " Wilno", Russian " Vilna" or " Vilno", German " Wilna" ), now the commercial capital of Lithuania: a church in the snow
Chopin / Polish PostcardFREDERIC CHOPIN Polish composer
Marie Curie / PhotographMARIE CURIE Polish scientist
Polish poster for a film, The Warsaw Mermaid, directed by Tadeusz Makarczynski, based on a local legend. 1956
Frederic Chopin / PreludesFREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his preludes
Siege of Vienna by Turks (1683). Battle of Kahlenberg, in which the European army, under the command of Polish king Jan Sobiesky, defeated the Ottomans. Oil on canvas. AUSTRIA. Vienna
Marie Curie - Nobel Prize-winning Polish ScientistMarie Curie (1867-1934) - Polish Scientist, twice the recipient of the Nobel Prize for her pioneering research on radioactivity, the first woman Nobel winner. Date: 1911
Clematis viticella, Polish spiritPainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33
Countess PotockaEngraving after a portrait of Countess Potocka by Angelica Kauffman reproduced in The Illustrated London News. CLAUDINE POTOCKA (nee Dzalynska) Polish patriot
Mieczyslaw Pianowski, Polish ballet dancerMieczyslaw Pianowski (c1891-1967), Polish ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer. circa 1920s
WW2 Poster -- Formation SignsFormation signs, dated 8 May 1945. Chromolithograph poster, showing various formation signs of infantry and armoured divisions, brigades, groups, including Airborne TPS, GHQ Liaison Regiment
Cub Scout washing a window, Scout Job WeekA Cub Scout washing a window which displays a poster advertising Scout Job Week. 1970s
Kaiser Wilhelm II presenting medals, Warsaw, WW1Kaiser 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
Chopin [Anon]FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician
Women from Lublin, PolandVillage peasant women from Lublin, Poland Date: circa 1910s
Hand ManicureA hand manicure. Nails are carefully clipped and a choice of stylish nail varnishes in little bottles is offered. Date: 1930s
Krakow, Poland - Renaissance Cloth Hall - Main Market SquareKrakow, Pland - The Renaissance Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) in the Main Market Square Date: 1906
Germany and Russia discuss the division of Poland, 1939Russian 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
Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist activist in GermanyRosa Luxemburg (1871-1919), Marxist activist in Germany. Date: early 20th century
Silesia PlebisciteIn Silesia, with a mixed German and Polish population, residents of Kattowitz/ Katowice await the results of the plebiscite which will divide the region
Pilsudski at Desk / 1919JOZEF PILSUDSKI Polish General and Statesman Date: 1867 - 1935
SHOES 1899A pair of gentlemens lace-up half-boots or Town Boots and a pair of ladies shoes with a Louis heel complete with shoe trees are left outside a hotel room for boots to polish
Jan III SobieskiJOHN (JAN) III SOBIESKI king of Poland and military commander, who liberated Vienna when menaced by the Ottoman Turks. Polands greatest king
Mediumship / MarriottWILLIAMs MARRIOTT EXPOSES Marriott simulates Polish medium Stanislawa Tomczyks levitation of a glass tumbler in full light
MALINOWSKI (1884-1942)BRONISLAW MALINOWSKI Polish-born British anthropologist, in the Trobriand Islands 1914-18
Kazimirz PulaskiCount KAZIMIERZ (Casimir) PULASKI Polish-American soldier
Dickens / Pickwick PapersSam Weller - Mr Pickwicks servant who councils his master with Cockney wisdom
Nail Polish RemoverA beautiful art nouveau label for Wlandres Venus nail polish remover, distributed by Wadanola Beauty Supply of Syracuse, New York
Street scene in Liegnitz (Legnica), PolandGoldbergerstrasse and the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Liegnitz (Legnica), Poland
Fight for a Turkish Standard, c. 1905, by Jozef Brandt (1841Jozef Brandt (1841-1915). Polish painter. Fight for a Turkish Standard, c.1905. National Museum. Krakow. Poland
Marshal Jozef Pilsudski, Polish statesmanMarshal Jozef Klemens Pilsudski (1867-1935), Polish statesman in various roles from 1918 until his death. Date: circa 1914-1918
Jan Kiepura Film PosterThe artwork for a Film staring Jan Kiepura, the Polish singer (tenor) and actor
Frederic Chopin / DeathbedFREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician on his deathbed
Polish cavalry at the start of World War TwoPoland 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. KonopackaHalina 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
Black Hamburgh cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Rev. W. Sergeantsons pair, first prize at Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester 1871, and Bristol 1872
Nicolaus Copernicus (14731543) Astronomer. Orbes CelesteNicolaus 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
Peter WysockiPETER WYSOCKI Polish patriot, fought the Russians, captured and exiled to Sibera in 1831 until he was pardoned by the Tsar. Date: 1799 - 1875
Thessaloniki, Greece - Bootblack Date: circa 1916
Cub Scouts cleaning fire engine
French & Polish LancersFrench and Polish lancers on horseback
Advert / Enameline PolishENAMELINE STOVE POLISH for polishing stoves, grates, ranges, etc