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[A Silesian family with children] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo depicts a woman and a man with four children: two boys and two girls. The woman is dressed in a costume characteristic for the Silesian region: a dark blouse with puffed sleeves and a wide long skirt with an apron. The oldest child – a girl – is wearing a white First Communion dress and has a large white bow in her hair. According to the photo’s owner, it depicts his father Emmanuel’s (…) sister with her husband Emil (…) and their children – from the left: Gabriela, Paweł (?), Maria (on the day of her First Communion) and Jan, in 1928. The photo was taken by an amateur photographer from Pszów ; 1928, Kokoszyce / Pszów ; 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 ; portrait ; woman ; man ; child ; girl ; boy ; family ; upbringing ; family bonds ; clothing ; Silesian costume ; Kokoszyce (Wodzisław Śląski, Poland) ; Pszów, Wodzisław Śląski district (Poland)
Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: Resource Identifier: Source: Rights:Rights Reserved - Restricted Access
Terms of use: 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
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