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[A multi-generational family] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo depicts a large multi-generational family posing for the photo inside a cottage. In the foreground there is an elderly woman in an apron and kerchief, behind her a girl, further to the right another elderly woman and a man. Next to them there is a large group of young men. According to the photo’s owner, it depicts a family event celebrating the arrival of one of the family members from England. It was taken by an amateur photographer ; 1938, Piaseczno, voiv. Gdańskie ; 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: Subject and Keywords:ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; family ; family celebrations ; family bonds ; intergenerational relations ; clothing ; Piaseczno, Gniew commune (Poland)
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Terms of use: 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
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