Title:

[A young woman in a dress and a hat] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1939]

Description:

The photo depicts a young woman walking down the pavement. She is wearing an elegant dress and a hat trimmed with flowers and is holding a small handbag on a chain in her hand. There are some people walking on the pavement in the background. The inscription at the back of the photo says: “1937, Kowel. Leokadia [surname crossed out] (…) She was 25 years old” (remaining text illegible) ; 1939, Kowel (Volyn Oblast [region], to-day Ukraine) ; The photo sent to the contest named “Photography of the Polish village pre-1948” organized in 1983 by the quarterly “Fotografia” (Photography) and the weekly “Nowa Wieś” (New village). Copy of the photo kept at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (former Institute for the History of Material Culture)

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; woman ; walk ; clothing ; fashion ; Kowel, Volhynia region (Ukraine)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 22-10

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Closed