Title:

[A newlywed couple] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1922]

Description:

The photograph shows a young woman in a wedding dress and a man posing for a picture in an atelier. The woman has a long tulle veil with original ruffles around her face in which are interwoven twigs of myrtle. In her hand she is holding a bunch of white flowers. A man is wearing an elegant dark frock coat, a white shirt and bow tie, white gloves. From the side pocket of his coat a white handkerchief is sticking out ; According to the owner of the pictures it shows her parents at their wedding. Her father was born in 1896 in the countryside, the mother also in the country in 1901. Father during World War I was in an army, and later in a captivity, and just at the age of 25 years married his chosen one, who was waiting for him the whole five years. The wedding took place in 1922 ; On the back of the photo there is an inscription: "A photo of my parents Genowefa [Genevieve] and Leon [Leo] (…) - both inhabitants of a village. The photo was taken in Łódź 1922 " and a stamp: Phot. Łódź, Dzielna Street ; 1922, Łódź ; 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 ; spiritual culture ; woman ; man ; marriage ; newlyweds ; wedding ; wedding customs ; family ; clothing ; fashion

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 235-1

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