Title:

[A portrait of a young woman] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1917]

Description:

The photo depicts a portrait of a young woman in festive clothes. At the back of the photo there is the following inscription: “From Dear Madam M. (…) A souvenir, Starce, dated 17/X 1917”. According to the photo owner’s account, it depicts Maria (…) a teacher from the village of Starce, a member of a theatre company. She was married to a gardener employed at the manor. The photo was taken on 17 October 1917. The woman lived and worked in Starce until 1939 and afterwards moved to Warsaw ; 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 ; material culture ; portrait ; woman ; clothing ; Starce, Brąszewice commune (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 64-8

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