Title:

[A group photo of firemen] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1928]

Description:

The photo depicts a group of a dozen or so men dressed in firemen uniforms and helmets who are posing in front of a wooden hut. There is an inscription at the back of the photo saying: 1. Taken in 1928 (probably June-July), 2. Depicts: the village voluntary fire service, 3. Concerns the village of Bakałarzewo (currently in the Suwałki voivodeship), 4. Regards family (…) ; June-July 1928, Bakałarzewo, suwalskie voivodeship ; 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:

Voluntary Fire Brigade ; ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; man ; fireman ; social organization ; fire equipment ; clothing ; fireman's uniform ; Bakałarzewo, Suwałki district (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 122-2

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