Title:

[A group photo - members of an amateur theatre company] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1918]

Description:

The photo depicts a group of women and men, mainly young ones. Most of women are wearing festive folk costume. A man sitting in a chair is holding an accordion. According to the photo owner’s account, it depicts a group of youths attending evening courses run by teacher Zofia (…), who were together practicing for a show – it was a sort of an amateur theatre. At the back of the photo there is the following inscription: “Bolesławów 8.07.1918. For Zochna, so that she stays as dedicated to pupils and education as she has been for these last three years and has warm memories of our entire group, Zofia (…)” ; 1918, July the 8th, Bolesławów ; 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 ; youth ; leisure time ; entertainment ; education ; evening course ; amateur theater ; social bonds ; clothing ; folk costumes ; musical instruments ; Bolesławów (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 14-1

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