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[A wedding portrait] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo depicts a young couple in wedding clothes. It was taken in a photographic studio. The woman in a white dress with a veil is holding a flower bouquet. The man is wearing a white shirt and a suit. The inscription at the back of the photo says: “[Photo] taken in 1940 in January. [Photo] depicts the marriage of my grandmother’s brother” ; 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 ; social culture ; woman ; man ; wedding ; marriage ; family ; wedding customs ; clothing ; wedding dress
Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: Source: Rights:Rights Reserved - Restricted Access
Terms of use: Digitizing institution:Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Historical Atlas Section of the Institute of History PAS
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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