The Polish Post invites you to an exhibition of Christmas postcards in Łódź

With Christmas approaching, the Polish Post Office Network Region in Łódź and the State Archives in Łódź have prepared an "Exhibition of Christmas Postcards." We invite you to the Post Office at 5/7 Kościuszki Street. 

The exhibition consists of 38 archival and 17 contemporary postcards. The archival postcards come from private collections and legacies held at the State Archives in Łódź, including the Bartoszewicz Family Archive, the Professor Emil Stanisław Rappaport Archive, the Eugeniusz Ajnenkiel Archive, and the Anatol Gupień Archive.

" Together with the Łódź State Archives, we have prepared a unique exhibition of Christmas postcards. Christmas cards are an important element in the Polish Christmas tradition. They allow us to send our loved ones unforgettable wishes. Poczta Polska encourages sending Christmas cards. A paper greeting card is not only a token of remembrance for those we cannot wish in person, but also a wonderful souvenir and holiday decoration," emphasizes Lucyna Prygiel-Augustyniak, Director of the Łódź Network Region.

The vast majority of postcards were produced during the communist era in Poland, in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The oldest postcard presented here dates back to 1909 and was sent from Zakopane to Krakow.

The publishers of the cards were the Ruch Publishing Office, the Kraj Publishing Institute Cooperative in Warsaw, the Photographers’ Cooperative Katowice, Ars Christiana, the Łódź Paper Industry Trade Centre and the National Publishing Agency.

The graphic design of the postcards was created by well-known and respected Polish illustrators, artists and photographers, such as: Jan Marcin Szancer, Maria Orłowska-Gabryś, Eugeniusz Stec, Maria Mackiewicz, Roman Orszulski, Jerzy Wendołowski.

"The approaching Christmas season has inspired us, the State Archives in Łódź, to present a collection of holiday cards to the residents of Łódź and the region, in collaboration with Poczta Polska, Łódź Network Region. It's a sentimental way to look back and see what greetings were like before the digital world became a permanent presence in our lives, " says Bartosz Górecki, director of the State Archives in Łódź.

The exhibition will be on display until January 10, 2022, at the Łódź 4 Post Office, 5/7 Kościuszki Street in Łódź.