Get to know Rozwadów and its inhabitants from the collection of Karol Karbarz
3.05-8.06.2016 open-air exhibition Market Square in Rozwadów (Stalowa Wola) Roz-know Rozwadów and its inhabitants from the collection of Karol Karbarz
For centuries, Rozwad’s market square, surrounded by numerous stores and service establishments, was the heart of the city. It used to be possible to buy the products of carpenters’, tailors’ or shoemakers’ workshops here, and grain, meat, fish, liquor and textiles were traded. Closer or farther from the market, there were craftsmen’s workshops and industrial factories, such as a building ceramics plant, sawmills, forges, mills, a porridge plant, liquor factories and beer bottling plants.
Many names of sellers and manufacturers have been preserved in the memory of Rozwadów residents and visitors to Rozwadów. Tasty cured meats were supplied at Kulacz’s, bread was bought at Skruch’s, okocim beer at R. Herczka’s, shoes at Silber’s, and colonial goods at Maziarski’s or Karolina Półchłopek’s. Stone products were ordered from Jękot, carpentry was best at Szwakop’s, while ironmongery was at Schreiber’s. Beautiful hats could be ordered from Stobnicka, and haberdashery was offered by Perlman. Tailoring services were provided by Franciszek Pałka, as well as Franciszek Jackowski. Painting supplies were sold by the Ciolkosz family, who also performed services in this area. A crowded barber shop was located at Szklener’s in the former City Hall. Furniture was produced by Flaumin’s factory, while groats were made by Sofer’s, vodkas and liqueurs by Diamand and Rozenbaum, fruit wines by Zarębski’s, and eggs were supplied by Klaristenfeld.
The exhibition depicts the residents of the west side of the market, showing the professions they engaged in. In addition, the characteristic architectural buildings and trading posts located here are shown.
Note the streets that lead to the train station (where the Szwakop house still stands) and the street (now Poprzeczna) leading to the former synagogue. It was on the western side that Tadeusz Skruch’s Catholic Bakery and the Migielski family’s business premises were located. On this side of the square were also the offices of Dr. Herman Landau, and during World War II the PCK Outpatient Clinic and the apartment of the famous doctor Dr. Eugeniusz Lazowski.
Subsequent installments of the exhibition are planned, where more parts of the Rozwadowski marketplace will be uncovered.
