Asta Bidspirit | Warsaw, Poland, early 20th century
Warsaw, Poland, early 20th century to 1930s (estimated): lot of 2 postcards and a photograph. Colour postcard ”Warszawa, Nowy Swiat” with a tram, carriages and shop signs in Russian and Polish, among them ”M. Talmud” and ”Siemens and Halske”, published by K. Wojutynski, Warsaw, No. 876; photo postcard ”Warszawa, Widok na St. Rynek od ul. Sw. Janskiej”, the Old Town market square, photo J. Wolynski, with the stamp ”Willy Lindwer Judaica Collectie”; and an original photograph of a row of rural wooden houses with families at the doorways, pencilled German caption on the back. Judaica, Poland. - Lot of 3 items from Warsaw and its surroundings. 1. Colour postcard ”Warszawa, Nowy-Swiat”: Nowy Swiat street with tram No. 39, horse-drawn carriages, passers-by and bilingual Russian and Polish shop signs on the corner building, among them ”M. Talmud” and ”Siemens and Halske”, plus ”Kefir”. Published by K. Wojutynski, Warsaw, No. 876. On the back: ”Carte Postale, Pocztowka, Otkrytoe pismo” with a handwritten address in Russian ”Poland, Warsaw, Nowy Swiat street” and a violet cachet. Russian rule period, before 1915. 2. Photo postcard ”Warszawa: Widok na St. Rynek od ul. Sw.-Janskiej / Varsovie: Vue de l'ancienne Place du Marche”, the Old Town market square of Warsaw, photo J. Wolynski, RUCH imprint, back ”Karta Pocztowa” with the round collection stamp ”Willy Lindwer Judaica Collectie” and numbering 1/80. 1930s (estimated). 3. Original photograph, not a postcard: a row of low wooden houses with chimneys and porches, women and children at the doorways and a railway track in the foreground. On the back a pencilled caption in old German handwriting, partly legible. Units in lot: 3 Condition: signs of use, stains and rubbed corners, as photographed.