Title:

[A wedding photograph] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1939]

Description:

The photo depicts a woman and a man posing for a wedding photograph. The woman has an elaborate garland on her head and is wearing a wedding dress, she is holding a flower bouquet in her hands. The man is dressed in a white shirt with a bow tie and a black suit. According to the photo's owner, it depicts 22-year-old Adam (...) on his wedding day. He was a farmer's son from the village of Potworów. The photo was taken in Radom ; 1936, Potworów / Radom ; 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 ; portrait ; woman ; man ; wedding ; newlyweds ; marriage ; wedding customs ; clothing ; Potworów, Przysucha district (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 168-3

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