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[The newlyweds] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo depicts newlyweds posing for the camera in front of a building with a window. The young couple is standing on a checked blanket. The woman is wearing a long, ornamented white dress, a tulle veil fastened on her head with a green flower garland and white shoes; she is holding a bouquet of wild flowers (?). The man is dressed in an elegant outfit with a frock coat, white shirt with a bow tie and has a ribbon pinned to the lapel of his jacket; he is holding white gloves in his hands. According to the photo's owner, it was taken on a wedding day of (...) in 1928 in the village of Borowy Młyn ; 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 ; woman ; man ; newlyweds ; marriage ; wedding ; wedding customs ; clothing ; Borowy Młyn (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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