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[A market square of a Kresy little town] [An iconographic document]
Creator: Date issued/created: Description:The photograph shows a paved, irregular, small market of a little Kresy (borderland) town with buildings surrounding it. In the distance you can see the dark silhouettes of people. Among them, a few people, judging by the dress, is of Jewish nationality. On the right side you can see a tall building with a passing a wooden cart drawn by a horse with a coachman on the box. On the left side of the photo there is a low building with a number of shops, partly closed. In the background there are other buildings of the town ; The author of the photograph was the father of the photo owner. He was an engineer - building roads and bridges (a specialization in the former KK Austria), Mikołaj Bogdanowicz. During the 1st World War, as a native of Galicia, he was appointed to the Austrian army. In this army he was the commander of three companies of engineers, one of whom was Jewish company. The area of its operation was Volhynia and partially Podolia, where during many months of "stopping" of the front he was building trenches, roads, bridges, etc. ; the period of 1st World War, Podolia, now Ukraine ; 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 ; buildings ; town ; market square ; trade ; ethnic minorities ; Judes ; lifestyle ; Podolia (Ukraine)
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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