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[A photographical documentation of a construction of a building] [An iconographic document]
Creator: Date issued/created: Description:The photograph shows two images documenting a construction of a building and a final effect. The photo above shows two men working on the construction of a little wooden building standing very close to a large wooden building. To the porch of a large building is attached a ladder. On top of it works a third man. The photo below shows the finished wooden and windowless building, stained in a dark color. A man is standing next to an open door. On a side wall of the building there is a large, wooden chest ; 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, Miodobory, 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 ; buildings ; photographical documentation ; wooden architecture ; Podolia (Ukraine)
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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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