Title:

[A portrait of two soldiers] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1945]

Description:

The photo depicts two young soldiers in uniforms and “rogatywka’s” [an asymmetrical, peaked, four-pointed cap used by various Polish military formations]. The men are posing with guns in their hands. Behind them there is a fabric curtain which suggests that the photo was taken in a photographic studio. According to the photo’s owner, it depicts friends during their military service ; 13th October 1945, Krotoszyn ; 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:

Armed Forces of the People's Republic of Poland ; material culture ; ethnography ; social culture ; portrait ; soldier ; firearm ; soldier's uniform ; "rogatywka” [four-cornered military cap] ; clothing ; Krotoszyn, wielkopolskie voivodeship (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

IAiE PAN, no. call 142-1

Source:

IAiE PAN, nr inw. 142-1

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