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[A teacher with pupils in front of a school] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo depicts a group of village children posing for the camera with a teacher in front of a school building. The children are mostly boys in identical uniforms. According to the photo's owner, it depicts children from a village school in Tuchanie, near Białopole. The photo was given by the teacher to her father – according to the inscription on the back. The teacher was a very kind person, devoted to children, the school and propagating education in the countryside. On the back of the photo there is the following inscription: "A souvenir for the Honourable Sir Chairman ... (inscription illegible), Białopole commune, presented by the school in Tuchanie. Tuchanie, d. 21 (?) 1926" 21 III 1926 ; 1926, Tuchanie, voiv. lubelskie ; 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: Subject and Keywords:ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; child ; pupil ; man ; teacher ; school ; educational system ; education ; upbringing ; clothing ; school uniform ; Tuchanie, Dubienka commune (Poland)
Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: Source: Rights:Rights Reserved - Restricted Access
Terms of use: 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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