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City is described at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA Street is probably en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotrkowska_Street "Piotrkowska Street (Polish: ulica Piotrkowska), the main artery of Łódź, Poland, is one of the longest commercial thoroughfares in Europe, with a length of 4.9 km. It is one of the major tourist attractions of the city.' One of the photos on the Wikipedia page was taken the day after te Germans occupied the city in 1914.

Thanks for your research swanq, and for connecting this photo to the photo on the Wikipedia page. It could well be the same main street.

"German Field-Marshall Paul von Hindenburg gathered with his family on the occasion of his 70th birthday in 1917. Left to right: Hindenburg's son in law Christian von Pentz, Annemarie [Barbara Ilse Ursula Margarete Eleonore] von Pentz (neé Hindenburg), Mrs. von Hindenburg, Hindenburg, "Irmengard [Pauline Louise Gertrud] von Brockhusen (neé Hindenburg)."
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_von_Hindenburg#/media/File:Hin...
see also de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_von_Hindenburg#Familie :
" From this marriage the children Irmengard Pauline Louise Gertrud (1880-1948), Oskar (1883-1960) and Annemarie Barbara Ilse Ursula Margarete Eleonore (1891-1978) emerged. The older daughter married in 1902 Hans Joachim von Brockhusen (1869-1928), the younger 1912 Christian von Pentz (1882-1952) and the son 1921 Margaret of Marenholtz(1897-1988).

"Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, known universally as Paul von Hindenburg; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934.
Hindenburg enjoyed a long career in the Prussian Army, retiring in 1911. He was recalled at the outbreak of World War I, and first came to national attention, at the age of 66, as the victor at Tannenberg in 1914. As Germany's Chief of the General Staff from 1916, he and his deputy, Erich Ludendorff, rose in the German public's esteem until Hindenburg gradually gained more influence in Germany than the Kaiser himself."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_von_Hindenburg
"Gertrud Wilhelmine von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (born December 4, 1860 in Magdeburg, † May 14, 1921 in Hannover) was a German noblewoman and philanthropist. She was the wife of Paul von Hindenburg, the Chief of the German Army Command in the second half of the First World War and President of Germany."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrud_von_Hindenburg

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hindenburgfamily0001.jpg is another URL for the same picture. Anne Marie and Christian had four children. See de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_von_Pentz_(Offizier). Irmengard and Hans-Joachim Adalbert Gotthilf von Brockhusen had three sons. See www.geni.com/people/Hans-Joachim-von-Brockhusen/600000000...

Art Siegel Thank you for locating the photograph from which this negative was copied identifying those present.

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, 1921 in exile in Wieringen with dog. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince "After the outbreak of the German Revolution in 1918, both Emperor Wilhelm II and the Crown Prince signed the document of abdication. On 13 November, the former Crown Prince fled Germany, crossed into the Netherlands at Oudvroenhoven and was later interned on the island of Wieringen (now part of the mainland), near Den Helder. In the autumn of 1921, Gustav Stresemann visited Wilhelm, and the former Crown Prince voiced an interest in returning to Germany, even as a private citizen. After Stresemann became chancellor in August 1923, Wilhelm was allowed to return after giving assurances that he would not engage in politics."

Art Siegel Thank you!