Title:

[A memento of the First Communion] [An iconographic document]

Creator:

Pietruschka, E.

Description:

The photo depicts a woman with three children of different ages. The youngest girl is wearing a white dress; she is holding a long candle in one hand and a prayer book in the other. She has a flower garland on her hair. The oldest girl, a teenager, is standing at the back, dressed in a black dress with puffed sleeves. Standing next to her there is a boy in a shirt with a band collar. The woman is sitting in a chair, dressed in a dark, long dress. The photo was taken on the occasion of the first communion. The photo was taken in a photographic studio in Świętochłowice - there are the following inscriptions underneath: "Bahnhofstr.3 - E. Pietruschka - Schwientochlowitz" ; Świętochłowice, voiv. śląskie ; 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:

Holy Communion ; ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; spiritual culture ; portrait ; woman ; child ; girl ; boy ; family ; family celebration ; religiosity ; religious life ; clothing ; Świętochłowice, śląskie voivodeship (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 183-4

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