Title:

[A boy with a rifle] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1943]

Description:

The photo depicts a young boy standing “on attention” next to a brick wall (a gate?) in a white short-sleeved shirt and shorts, holding a rifle on his arm. There are some farm buildings in the background. According to the photo’s owner, it depicts her mother’s brother who, while posing for the photo said he was going to fight against the German ; 1943, Rumienica, voiv. olsztyńskie ; 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:

2nd World War (1939-1945) ; ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; child ; boy ; childhood ; play ; rifle ; clothing ; Rumienica, Lubawa commune (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 117-3

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