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[A memento of the First Communion] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo depicts six people of different ages in a country yard: an elderly man sitting on a bench, a small girl with flowers, a boy who is holding in his hands the First Communion memento and three people standing behind them: two women and a girl. They are all festively dressed. In the background there is a fence and some garden plants. According to the photo's owner, it depicts Franciszek (...) on the day of the First Communion. He was a son of a farmer from the village of Potworów, Radom district. The photo was taken next to the house ; 19th May 1919, Potworów, district Radom ; 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:Holy Communion ; ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; spiritual culture ; family ; family celebration ; religiosity ; folk piousness ; folk customs od Poland ; clothing ; Potworów, Przysucha district (Poland)
Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: Source: Rights:Rights Reserved - Restricted Access
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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