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Photo of three children in front of a tenement house. The first child from the left is Marta Olchawa (born Bauer), the other two are unidentified, a boy and a girl. The three are standing in front of a row of concrete planters by a tenement building, pictured from the side. Marta Olchawa is wearing a short-sleeved shirt, skirt covering the knees, white tights, and shoes. Her hair is pinned on the back of her head. The boy is wearing a shirt with rolled-up sleeves, shorts with suspenders, and shoes. The other girl is wearing a short-sleeved patterned dress showing the knees, belt, and shoes. Her hair is plaited into pigtails; she is wearing glasses. The photo has toothed edges, with a white rim running along each side. The reverse is blank. | Text by Monika Harchut