Object structure
Title:

[The newlyweds and couples accompanying them] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1946-48]

Description:

The photo depicts a young couple accompanied by two other couples. The young spouses are sitting in chairs in the middle of the photo. The woman is dressed in a white dress with a veil; she is holding a flower bouquet in her hands. The man is dressed in a dark suit. The women, who accompany them, are also wearing white dresses. They differ from the bride only because they do not have veils. The men accompanying the newlyweds have wedding rosettes pinned to lapels of their jackets. According to the photo's owner, it was taken in 1946-48 and depicts the wedding of his uncle (father's brother, in the middle) and the couples who accompanied the newlyweds ; 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 ; social bonds ; clothing

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 174-2

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

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