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The Jewish Cemetery in Lida. [copyright Tomy Wisniewski, reproduced by permission] |
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Funeral of a respected Jew.
The procession is passing through the Market Place. |
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The Synagogue in Lida |
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The Synagogue in Lida as seen from School St. |
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A color version of the view above. |
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A wide angle view of the Synagogue from School St. [Szkolnaya] |
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Garden St. with the Synagogue in the distance. |
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The Synagogue yet again, with a
passer-by. |
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Rabbi Reines, founder of the
Lida Yeshiva & Mizrachi |
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Lida Market and Synagogue, not on Market Day. |
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Lida Market, on Market Day. |
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Lida Market packed with horses |
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The Market in Lida on Market Day [copyright Tomy Wisniewski, reproduced by permission] |
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Market Day in Lida. |
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Lida Market |
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The Market yet again |
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The caption says, "A scene from the weekly market in Lida, Russia" |
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The market in Lida, yet again |
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Yet again, the market |
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Still the market |
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More
market |
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More market |
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More market |
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The train station in Lida. |
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The entry to the railway station in
Lida |
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The Lida train station from the
other side |
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A railroad bridge in the Lida area. |
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Lida Castle. |
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Another view of the castle,
showing how close it was to Lida's streets. |
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Lida Castle. |
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Lida Castle again. |
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Still Lida Castle |
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The meat market in Lida |
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A meat shop in Lida |
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Grodno St. |
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Kamenska St. |
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Krumme (Crooked) St. |
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Police Street |
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Sedova St. and the Yeshiva. A monochrome version of this card is on p. 138 of Sepher Lida. [copyright Tomy Wisniewski, reproduced by permission] |
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Suwalska St. |
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Another view of Suwalska St. |
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Vilenska St. [Vilnius St.] |
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Wilenskaya St. [Vilnius St.] |
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Vilnius St. again |
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Another view of Vilnius St. |
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And another view of Vilnius St. |
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Another view of that popular
subject, Vilnius St. |
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Vilnius St. once more. |
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And yet once more, Vilnius St. |
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A barber shop in Lida, on
Vilnius St. |
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A smithy in Lida, at the edge of
town, on
Vilnius St. |
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Wall St. & residents |
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Another view of Wall Street |
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The caption says "Zamkov Street
and Ruins" -- which
would be the castle again |
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A Jewish meat market. |
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The Pupko Brewery in Lida.
Painted in 1916 by the artist Joger. Image donated
by Leon Lauresh |
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Karol Chodkiewicz
Memorial Gymnasium
[A gymnasium is a school one enters at age 11, after passing
an entrance
exam. The subjects are all academically oriented].
Between
the two world wars, a common Lida experience was to speak Russian at
home,
because one's parents were comfortable with what had been the official
language
before WWI & to use the current official language,
Polish, at
school]. |
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Ms. Tsipkinski's school for
girls in Lida during WWI. It had 45 students. Image donated
by Leon Lauresh. |
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A farm in Lida |
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Another farm on the edge of town |
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The picturesque post office in
Lida |
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A street in Lida. |
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Lida and the Lida River |
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The Dziekanski River
in Lida. |
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A water- powered mill in Lida. |
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Destroyed water towers in Lida;
probably as part of World War I |
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Another casualty of World War I:
the caption says
this is the remains of a balloon destroyed near Lida. |
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The caption on the card says: Jewish water carriers in the streets of Lida. These people supply individual houses with water in the absence of water lines, charging small fees. |
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Jewish traders in Lida's Market Place. |
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The caption says: Jewish peddlers in front of a booth. |
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In this version of the card, the caption says that the woman in the center is holding a pot full of burning coke to keep warm. |
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The caption says "In occupied
Lida - a
Jewish soup kitchen". "Volkskueche", literally "People's
Kitchen"
refers to a specific type of soup kitchen. Not wholly a
charity,
it was run by a non-profit group & the customers were charged
only
the cost of the supplies, which were bought in bulk. Most of
the employees
were volunteers, but there was a hired chief cook/manager.
The intent
was to serve the working poor more nutritious food than they might be
able
to afford for themselves. |
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Another view of the Volkskueche. |
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The Volkskueche again |
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The caption reads: German soldiers distribute hot soup to the poor of Lida. |
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The barracks in Lida.
In the 1880s, one of my grand-uncles from Vilnius was
stationed in Lida for his army service & may therefore have
been quite familiar with these barracks. |
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Students outside Lida's public school. |
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World War I in Lida: Soldier's Mess Hall. [Obviously one of the more elegant buildings in Lida was confiscated for this purpose]. |
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The caption says, "In front of a tea house in Lida, Russia. The girls wait on the guests. In Lida city there are innumerable such tea houses, in which one obtains tea and coffee". |
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The Kaiser in Lida[!] This card was sent in 1917. From May 18, 1916 to June 3, the Kaiser was on a trip that took him from Hamburg, Germany, through Berlin, to Kouzno, Mitau (Yelgava, Latvia), Wilna (Vilnius, Lithuania), Lida, Sloum, Grodno (Hrodna, Belarus), Kadinen (Kadyny, Poland; then Ostrpreussen; the Kaisers had a large palace there), Marienburg (Malbork, Poland), and Wildpark. Thanks to Dr. Althoff, Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz. BPH (Brandenburg-Preußisches Hausarchiv) Rep. 113 Hofmarschallamt Nr. 1114 und 1115 , Best. BPH Rep. 113 Hofmarschallamt Nr. 1107. |
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The next few images are of
German soldiers in Lida
or marching into Lida in World War I. Nearly all the
postcards date
from this era. |
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The caption says these are Polish traders from the country at the Lida Market |
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The caption says "the other side
of the river". This section of Lida was called
"Zarechye", which means just that.... |
Thanks to Marvin Brooks for some of the postcard
images