Title:

[A portrait of a woman and a man] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1943]

Description:

The photo depicts a young woman and a young man. They are both dressed in elegant dark outfits. The woman is in a dress, the man – in a suit with a tie. According to the photo’s owner, it was taken in Lübeck (Germany) in 1943 and depicts her grandmother’s friend with her fiancé. She also came from the village of Polędzie and during the war was deported to Germany for forced labour. There she met a man from Yugoslavia whom she married. After the war they emigrated to the United States and lived in Chicago ; 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) ; 1943, Lübeck (Germany)

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

2nd World War (1939-1945) ; ethnography ; social culture ; material culture ; portrait ; woman ; man ; engagement ; social bonds ; clothing ; Lübeck (Germany)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 190-9

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