KAUNAS (also Kovna, Kowno), Lithuania.
Street scene in front of the building at 16 Laisves Aleja.
Signs read: Sh. Bajer’s Photography (variants: Baer, Bayer); Michal Levin’s Bank Office, at 58 N. Novichovicius Street ; A. Perkowski’s Candy Store (variants: Perkovskij, Perkovsky, Perkowski); Movies; Coffee Shop. Advertising on the horse tramway: Alphonse Schick’s Cognacs, Liquers, Wines; Advertising posters on the right: Canadian Pacific Ship Line at 43 Laisves Aleja; Lietuva Insurance Co.; Waves of Life and Love (Yiddish play); Falkovsky’s (variant Falkowski) Shoe Store.
The third floor was added in 1927-1928.
The building was owned by Dr. Abel Lapin in the 1920's-1930's.
The tenants in the 1920's-1930's were:
Mrs. Arnstaam;
Dembovitch family (also Dembovich, Dembovicius, Dembowicz);
Kurkowsky, Retired Russian Tsarist Army General with wife and daughter;
A. Merkiss, Mayor of Kaunas in the last years before Soviet invasion, with wife and son;
Rachmilevitch family (also Rakhmilevich, Rachmilevicius, Rachmielewicz);
Dr. Yaakov Robinson with wife, two daughters, and brother Nehemia.
Rusteika, Minister of Interior of Lithuania.
Other commercial tenants:
Yasvoin’s (variant Jasvoin, Jasvoinas) Photography equipment store - ground floor;
Nord Deutsche Lloyd Brehmen offices.
Photo 1924.