Title:

[A railway woman] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1926]

Description:

The photo depicts a smiling woman in a uniform and a railwayman's hat standing in a snow-covered yard in front of a brick building. According to the photo's owner, it depicts his grandmother Bronisława (...) in front of the house next to the railway station in Chorzów. The photo was taken in 1926 by her brother Edward (...). The grandmother worked at the time for the railway ; January 1926, Chorzów ; 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 ; woman ; work ; railway ; clothing ; railwayman's uniform ; Chorzów, śląskie voivodeship (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 178-5

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