Title:

[The newlyweds and wedding guests] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1936]

Description:

The photo depicts a large group of wedding guests posing for the camera in front of a brick barn with wooden door. The newlyweds are sitting in the first row. The woman is wearing a white dress with a white veil and the man is in a dark suit (the man is elderly and bald). On the ground, half-laying, there are two musicians. Wedding guests are mostly dressed in dark, festive clothes. There are some children among the guests. According to the photo's owner, it depicts the wedding of Wiktoria (...), sister of Agnieszka's (...) husband (mother of the photo’s owner's mother-in-law) with Jan (...) ; 1936, Gostkowo near Rawicz, voiv. wielkopolskie ; 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 ; wedding ; wedding party ; newlyweds ; wedding customs ; wedding rites ; family ; social bonds ; musician ; musical instruments ; Gostkowo, Miejska Górka commune (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 171-5

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