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Assorted flowers on a Polish birthday cardAssorted flowers in a bouquet on a Polish birthday card. circa 1890s
Young woman in evening dressYoung woman in full length evening dress, sitting by the fireside. Date: circa 1970s
Famous Musicians of 1909, including Paderewski and ElgarFamous Musicians of 1909: (top row left) Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), Polish pianist, composer, politician (and spokesman for Polish independence)
Poster by Wlodzimierz Zakrzewski. PolandPolish postwar communist propaganda poster showing soldier of communist Armia Ludowa resistance and soldier of Armia Krajowa. Made by Wlodzimierz Zakrzewski. Poland. Krakow. Gestapo Museum
School of Talmudists, 1887, by Samuel Hirszenberg (1865-1908Samuel Hirszenberg (1865-1908). Polish painter. School of Talmudists, 1887. National Museum. Krakow. Poland
Wernyhora, 1883-1884, by Jan Matejko (1838-1893)Jan Matejko (1838-1893). Polish painter. Wernyhora, 1883-1884. National Museum. Krakow. Poland
Statue of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) by Thorvaldsen (17Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). Polish mathematician and astronomer. Statue by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 1830. Warsaw. Poland
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAK). KrakowPoland. Krakow. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAK). Built by Claudio Nardi and Leonard Maria Proli, 2001, on the old factory of Oskar Schlinder. Exterior
Poland. Warsaw. 16th century. EngravingPoland. Warsaw. 16th century. By Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Franz Hogenberg (1536-1590). Alte Europaische Stadtebilder. Civitates Orbis Terrarum
Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543). Portrait of the MerRenaissance Art. Germany. Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543). German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. Portrait of the Merchant Georg Gisze, 1532
Frontispiece of a mazurka by ChopinFrederic Chopin (1810-1849). Polish composer. Frontispiece of a mazurka for the pianoforte. Music Library of the Court. Turin. Italy
Advertisement, Oakeys Knife PolishAdvertisement for Oakeys Knife Polish, depicting the Duke of Wellington on horseback. 19th century
Mazeppa on Horse 17CIVAN STEPANOVICH MAZEPPA Polish noble, tied to a wild horse for having an affair with the Countess Bradowski. Date: 1644 ? - 1709
Pola Negri (Appolonia Chalupek) (1897 - 1987), Polish-born actress who went to Hollywood in the 1920s and was successful in silent films
Paranormal: William S. Marriott exposes levitation trickThe British magician William S. Marriott simulates Polish medium Stanislawa Tomczyks levitation of an object in full light. Date: 1910
Josef HofmannJOSEF CASIMIR HOFMANN Polish-American pianist, at age 10 Date: 1877 - 1957
WW1 - Russian Infantry on the march in Poland, 1915WW1 - Russian infantry battalion on the march in Poland with their kits and weapons during a Polish campaign. They show wearing the universal field-service dress
Hawker Hurricane 1A nose close up, (on the ground), with Polish pilots
Hawker Hurricane 1A of Free Polish, (forward view), taxying
Walewska, Marie, countess (1789-1817). Polish noblewoman and mistress of Napoleon from 1806. Mother of his son Alejandro Jos頃 olonna-Walewski in 1810. Portrait of 1812
German airship SL2 bombing Warsaw, WW1German airship SL2 bombing Warsaw, Poland, during the First World War. Date: 1914
Anna Held, stage performerAnna Held (1872-1918), Polish-born stage performer based in America, associated with the impresario Florenz Ziegfeld. Seen here in an artistic pose, wearing a long lacy dress. Date: early 20th century
Henryk SienkiewiczHENRYK ADAM ALEKSANDR PIUS SIENKIEWICZ Polish writer, known especially for Quo vadis (1895); he won the Nobel prize in 1905. Date: 1846 - 1916
Wladyslaw Reymont - 2WLADYSLAW STANISLAW REYMONT Polish writer, his best-known work The peasants : he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1924. Date: 1867 - 1925
Saint-Claude, France - Fabrique Jeantet-David Pipe Factory - Polishing the pipes using overhead belt-driven polishing machines. (see: 10993880) Date: circa 1909
Quo Vadis? Lygia letting Vinicius know she is a ChristianQuo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero - a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. In this scene, Lygia lets Vinicius know she is a Christian by drawing the sign of a fish on the ground
Krakow, Poland - St Florian GateSt. Florians Gate or Florian Gate in Krakow, Poland - one of the best-known Polish Gothic towers, and a focal point of Krakows Old Town. Date: circa 1930
Henryk Sienkievicz (1846 - 1916). Polish author ( Quo vadis etc) - won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905. Date: 1900
Krakoviak Dance PolandCouples dancing the KRAKOWIAK, a national dance of the Polish people, originating as you probably guessed in Krakow. Date: circa 1850
General Jozef Haller, Polish Army and Blue Army, WW1Lieutenant General Jozef Haller de Hallenburg (1873-1960), officer of the Polish Army who fought on the Eastern Front against Russia during the First World War
General Weygand and General Rozwadowski, PolandGeneral Maxime Weygand (1867-1965), French military commander, with General Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowski (1866-1928), Polish military commander, in Poland. Date: 1920
Pola Negri as the Spanish DancerPOLA NEGRI (Barbara Apolonia Chalupiec) in 1924, Polish film actress who specialised in femme fatale roles in silent films
Wladyslaw IIIWLADYSLAW III King of Poland who died fighting the Turks in Bulgaria
Henryk WieniawskiHENRYK WIENIAWSKI Polish violinist and composer - toured widely as a virtuoso - professor of the St Petersburg Conservatory and the Brussels Conservatory
Andreas BobolaANDREAS BOBOLA Polish Jesuit saint and martyr, whose body, exhumed in 1730, was found not to be corrupted
Hospital Ward MaidsA nurse wheels a patient forward in his metal bed so that the daily Ward Maids can clean and polish the floors at Queen Marys Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, England
Peter BelinskiPETER BELINSKI Polish statesman
Victorian Scrap - soldiers polishing boots at camp - Captain Goode and Captain Field. late 19th century
Stationery, Hadfields Ironmongers, Congleton, CheshireO-Cedar Mop and Polish advertisement on Hadfields Ironmongers printed stationery, used here as a receipt with handwritten details. circa 1920
Why wear your diamond on your neck? 1913Anna Held (1872 1918), Polish-born French and later Broadway stage performer and singer, wearing lavish diamond stockings. 1913
Town Hall. GdanskPoland. Gdansk. Town Hall. Built between 14th-15th centuries. Reconstructed in the 20th century. Exterior
Relief depicting an angel. St Mary Street. Gdansk. Poland
Gargoyle in Mariacka Street. GdanskPoland. Gdansk. Mariancka street. Detail of a gargoyle
Statues in Muzeon Sculpture Park, Moscow, RussiaTwo women view statues in the Muzeon Sculpture Park, Moscow, Russia. In the centre is a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), Polish-Russian agitator and head of the secret police
Portrait of a young woman (Wanda from Lille) with curly blonde hair. Date: circa 1940s
Portrait of a young woman (Wanda from Lille). Date: circa 1940s
Danzig, Germany - St Marys ChurchDanzig, Germany (now Gdansk, Poland) - St Marys Church. Date: circa 1920s
The Bells by Leopold Lewis at the Lyceum TheatreScene from the play The Bells by Leopold Lewis at the Lyceum Theatre: the apparition of the Polish Jew. Henry Irving plays Mathias, Burgomaster of Alsace