Title:

[A multigenerational family] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1924]

Description:

The photo shows a numerous family sitting at a table in front of the house. It is covered with a white tablecloth and there are drinking glasses placed on it. Around the table five women and a man are sitting. There are also two women standing: one by the door, the other next to the man. The woman on the left-hand-side that is holding a cigarette is dressed in a white jersey with a loose tie and a black skirt. The rest are wearing festive clothes. You can also see four children of different ages. There are babies the arms of one woman and a man. In the background there is a whitewashed rural cottage with dark-coloured window and door frames ; According to its owner, this is a family photo taken in the yard next to the stables, in front of the summer kitchen. It shows grandmother Józefa (...), the eldest in the family, surrounded by her daughters, grandchildren, daughter- and son-in-law. The parents of the photo’s owner are also present on it. She herself, aged no more than one year, is being held on her father’s laps ; On the back of the photo, there is an inscription: A photo of the (...) family, Józefa (...), Sławomira (...), daughter of Józefa [and] Władysław with two children, standing Kazimiera and Anna, sitting Genowefa and Leon (...), also sitting [is] grandmother’s granddaughter Irena, Hanka and Longina. And me on my father’s laps ; 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 ; family ; social bonds ; child ; childhood ; intergenerational bonds ; woman's emancipation ; upbringing ; clothing ; fashion ; Żakowice, Koluszki commune (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 235-13

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, 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