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Mielec Rynek [Market Place] - Postcards, Photos, Jewish Shops


All the houses and shops in the Mielecd Rynek [Market Square] belonged to Jews.  The families usually lived above the shop.

 

Jewish Shops in the Mielec Rynek [Market Place]
Submitted by Stanislaw Wanatowicz

Stanislaw Wanatowicz is a resident of Mielec who has collected a vast amount of information and material about the Mielec Jewish Community.  We are most grateful to him for having donated this material to us.

 

Hotel in Mielec Rynek owned by FORTGANG
The FORTGANG Liquor Store and Tavern were also located in the Hotel
Photo taken in 1910

Mielec Rynek [Market Place].
Shops adjacent to the Mielec Hotel. 
Looking at the screen the Hotel is on the right.
First shop from the left - White Building: Tap Room Keeper
Second from the left - Stone Building:  Hardware, Lime and Cement
Third from the left: - Stone Building: Gasoline, Oil, ....
Photo taken in 1910

Close-up of shop signs:
From left to right: left :
 Hardware, Lime and Cement
Second from left:: Gasoline, Oil, ....
Photo taken in 1910

Shops in Mielec Rynek [Market Place].
First on the left: R. GRAU - Paper Products
Second on the left: Dawid STEPPEL- Variety Store / Sundries
Photo taken in 1910

Close up of shop signs:
From left to left to right:
R. GRAU - Paper Products
Dawid STEPPEL- Variety Store / Sundries

Mielec Rynek [Market Place] Shops.
From left to right:
Scheindel SILBER, HOROWITZ - Fabric Merchants
SILBER - Spices Dealers
Photo taken in 1910

Close up of shop sign:
Scheindel SILBER, HOROWITZ - Fabric Merchants

Close up of shop sign:
SILBER - Spices, Flour Dealers

Mielec Rynek [Market Place] Shops.
Photo taken in 1910

Mielec Rynek [Market Place] Shops.
Corner view.
Photo taken in 1910

Mielec Rynek [Market Place] Shops.
Note the two men dressed in long capotes [black coats] and in Chassidic hats
Photo taken in 1910

Corner of the Rynek and Kilinski Street
R. GRAU - Paper Products
Dawid STEPPEL- Variety Store / Sundries
Above R. GRAU's shop the Newspaper Bureau
Photo taken c.1910

Shops in Mielec Rynek [Market Place].
ROCHME WEINDLING Variety Store / Sundries
Photo taken c.1910

Shops in Mielec Rynek [Market Place].
Close up of the sign:
ROCHME WEINDLING

 


Submitted by Mrs.Helen Honig Schreiber
 

Mielec Rynek [Market Place] - View to the North East
Photo taken in 1902

 


Submitted by Israel Meyer.
 

Mielec Rynek [Market Place] - View from the South

 


This photos is part of Tomek Wisniewski's extensive collection:
" We are in search of Poland Society"
They are reproduced here with his permission

Mielec Rynek [Marketplace] and Bus Station
Photo taken in 1942

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