[MICKIEWICZ Wladyslaw] 2 photographs from the celebration of the 60th anniversary of W. Mickiewicz's marriage to M. née Malewska, Paris 1923

2 photographs of Wladyslaw Mickiewicz (1838-1926) with his wife, Maria née Malewska, taken in Paris (Saint Germain de Pres church), in 1923, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of their marriage. One of the photographs described on the back. Dimensions: 5.9 x 6.2 cm.

Wladyslaw Mickiewicz (1838-1926) - Polish bookseller, librarian, publicist and émigré activist. He was the eldest son of Adam Mickiewicz and Celina née Szymanowska.
In 1864 he founded the Luxembourg Bookstore, famous at the time, to promote Polish and Polish works in French and the native language. Its main venture became the establishment of the Polish People's Library, a model for subsequent Polish publishing houses in exile.
In 1903 he founded the Adam Mickiewicz Museum in Paris, located in the building of the Polish Library on Saint Louis Island.
During World War I, he was in Switzerland, where he took part (with Henryk Sienkiewicz and Ignacy Moscicki, among others) in the work of the Swiss General Committee for Aid to War Victims in Poland. [after wikipedia.pl]