Utcák, terek, emberek. Zalaegerszeg régi képeken (Zalaegerszeg, 2001)

1. The view of Zalaegerszeg by Johann Le Dentu, 17th century. 2. A view of Zalaegerszeg from the west, before 1826. 3. A view of Zalaegerszeg, 1857. First published in the newspaper „Napkelet". 4. The town centre in 1866. First published as a supplement of the newspaper „Vasárnapi Újság". 5. Sketch map of Zalaegerszeg with the old street names, с 1880. 6. The first known drawn postcard, showing the view and the important buildings of the town, mailed in 1898. 7. A view of Zalaegerszeg, с. 1900. 8. The Town Hall with shops in the ground floor, с 1895. 9. Kazinczy Square with the new Town Hall (built in 1898), at the turn of the centuiy. 10. Celebrating crowd in front of the Town Hall, с 1900. 11-13- Dedication of the flag of the Craftsmen's Association on Kazinczy Square, 20 August 1900. 14. Vilma Varga, one of the wreathed girls of the ceremony. 15. Széchenyi Square, с 1913- The towered building on the right is the former hospital built for the old and impoverished craftsmen, enlarged in 1800 with a chapel. At the turn of the century a new floor was added. On the top the poles holding the telephone-wire can already be seen. During the centuries it had various functions: it was hospital, post office and also health centre. (Nowadays the head office of the Post Bank.) 16. The former small houses and shops of Széchenyi Square, at the beginning of the century. 17. The County Hall, с 1906. Built in the middle of the 18th century as soldiers' dwelling-house. Enlarged with a second floor in the middle of the 19th century. From 1872 the seat of the county offices. Today archive and block of offices. 18. Széchenyi Square with Arany Bárány (Gold Lamb) Hotel and hansom cabs, с 1910. 19. Arany Bárány (Gold Lamb) Hotel, с 1912. The town's most elegant hotel, built at the corner of the two main roads, was opened in 1894. 20. Portrait of Károly Kovács, Egerszeg's first Mayor, from his marble tombstone, erected out of respect for him by the town in 1904. It was standing on his honorary grave in the perished Wlassics Street cemetery. Nowadays it is set up on Károly Kovács Square. 21. Holy Trinity sculpture standing in front of the church-yard's fence which separated the Baroque Roman Catholic Church and the two-storey Baroque parsonage from Kazinczy Square, с 1915. 22. The church, с 1910. 23. Photograph of a wedding, at the beginning of the century. 24. The head office of the Zalaegerszeg Savings Bank (founded in 1869), с 1905. It was built in 1889-90 and besides the offices there were also flats in it. 25. The head office of the Savings Bank and its surroundings, с 1913. 26-27. Elemér Bogyay, secretary of the Lord Lieutenant and Vilma Koller, daughter of a Zalaapáti landlord, at the time of their engagement in 1898. 28. The young couple, photographed in front of their house in Werbőczy Street, sitting in their coach, with the coachman at the back seat. 29. The two-storey café at the beginning of Batthyány Street (built at the end of the last century), с 191330. Deák Square, near the café, at the beginning of our century. The citizens could walk and rest under the shade of the trees, sometimes promenade concerts were given here. Ferenc Deák's statue by baron Miklós Vay, erected on behalf of the county and unveiled in 1879- Ferenc Deák (1803-1876) a landlord in County Zala, jurist and as member of Parliament he faught for progressive ideas. In 1848 he was Minister of Justice. The compromise of 1867 between Austria and Hungary is linked with his name. 31. The facade of the new wing of the Council Court in Várkör Street, с 1907. 32. Sándor Schütz and Son's department store and blue dyeing factory at the corner of Körmendi Street and Ferenc Jákum Street, at the turn of the century. 33- Kazinczy Square, с 1913. 34. The Central Café in the northern row of Körmendi (today's Rákóczi) Street on the corner of Sütő Street, с 1900. The last two-storey house, built in 1899, is Sándor Schütz's department store. 35. The south row of Rákóczi Street, с 1905. Some elegant dwelling-houses and shops, built at the end of the last century, can be seen there. 36. The northern row of Kazinczy Square, с 1905. One of the most beautiful buildings there was Korona (Crown) Hotel in Romantic style. 37. Jenő Horváth Jr.

's elegantly furnished fashion shop. 38. Kazinczy Square, с 190339. The Royal Hungarian Administration of Inland Revenue moved into its new head office, rented from the town, in 188940. The choral union of the Zalaegerszeg craftsmen, с 1910. 41. The drama group of the Zalaegerszeg craftsmen in 1917. 42. The Zalaegerszeg Gymnasium (built in 1897), с 1905. 43. The first teaching staff of the Zalaegerszeg Gymnasium on their visit to Elemér Szigethy advocate, с 1900. 44. Group photograph of the seniors of the Gymnasium in 1904. Among the pupils Dezső Pais, who became a famous linguist, and Ferenc Mező, later Olympic champion, teacher and sports historian. 86