Object structure
Title:

[Newlyweds holding hands] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1915]

Description:

The photo depicts newlyweds holding hands and posing for the camera in a photographic studio. There is a visible difference of height between the woman and the man. The woman is wearing a mid-calf white dress and a very long tulle veil. The man is dressed in a dark suit; he has a small bow fastened to the lapel of his jacket. There is a bunch of flowers lying on the floor in front of the young couple and a photo wallpaper in the background. According to the photo's owner, it depicts the wedding of her grandmother's brother - Michał with a Frenchwoman. The photo was taken in 1915 ; 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 ; portrait ; woman ; man ; newlyweds ; wedding ; marriage ; wedding customs ; clothing ; fashion

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 190-4

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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