Photographic holdings in the State Archive in Gdańsk comprise about 200 thousand photographs. Photographs are either stored in separate photographic collections or are included in the records of local administration, associations and political parties. These holdings belong to the largest and most fascinating in Poland. Some of the most interesting collections are:

• Collection of Elblag photographs ( 1909-1943) presenting the sights of the city before its demolition.
• Collection of photographs of the city and port of Gdynia (1919-1945).
• Collection of NSDAP Kreis Danzig (1943-1944) showing Gdańsk last months before commencing the evacuation of its inhabitants.
• Collection of Jakub Deurer (1942-1944) containing conservation documentation of the interiors of churches in Gdańsk.
• Collection of Walter Sutkowski from Berlin (1892-1895) containing the sights of the streets of Gdańsk.
• Slide collection (1923-1944) depicting public buildings and churches in Gdańsk, the development of the Gdynia port and of Żuławy Wiślane. (You can see part of this collection in the gallery window.)
• Marian Dobrzykowski collection of photograms (1945-1950) presenting unique images of people, inhabitants of Gdańsk, after World War II.

The State Archive in Gdańsk possesses other interesting photographic records, including the collection of photographs of the Gdańsk Shipyard and the Voivodeship Committee of the Polish United Workers Party in Gdańsk, which document social and political changes in the Gdańsk region in 1945-1990.