Title:

[A man in a military uniform] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1919]

Description:

The photo pictures an elderly man in an unidentified uniform with a belt fastened by a steel buckle. The soldier has a tall hat on without a peak similar to a seaman’s hat. The man is posing against a background of a rocky garden and a memorial with an illegible plaque. On the right a part of a brick building with a window is visible ; According to the owner of the photo, it was taken in 1919 and shows his great-grandfather, Karol (...) ; 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 ; soldier ; army ; clothing ; uniform

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 242-1

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