Title:

[A vagabond] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1942]

Description:

The photo depicts a man dressed as a vagabond – in a hat with a feather, torn jacket and trousers, with a sack across his back and a stick in his hand – walking across a snow-covered field. There are farm buildings in the distance. Underneath the photo there is the following inscription: “2. II.1942. A vagabond [spelled with an error]. According to the photo’s owner: “even during the occupation people from the village have not lost hope and good humour.” The photo depicts a brother of the photo owner’s father ; 2 February 1942, Piaseczno, voiv. Gdańskie ; 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 ; man ; vagabond ; humour ; joke ; clothing ; Piaseczno, Gniew commune (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

IAiE PAN, no. call 141-3

Source:

IAiE PAN, nr inw. 141-3

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