Title:

[The newlyweds with wedding guests] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1928]

Description:

The photo depicts a large group of people – of several dozen – in elegant, festive clothes. They are posing for the camera in front of a building. The young couple, in their wedding clothes, is sitting in the first row, in the middle. The woman is wearing a white dress and a veil with a flower garland; the man is dressed in a dark suit with a ribbon pinned to the lapel of his jacket. In front of them there are some children sitting on a checked blanket. According to the photo's owner, it was taken in 1928 and depicts the wedding of (...) 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:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; wedding ; newlyweds ; marriage ; wedding customs ; wedding party ; family ; family bonds ; social bonds ; clothing ; Borowy Młyn (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 204-6

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