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[Wedding guests] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo depicts a large group of people – of several dozen – in festive clothes. They are posing for the camera in front of a large brick building with prominent semi-oval windows and wide double door. The newlyweds are sitting in the middle, among the posing people. The woman is wearing a white dress and a veil; the man is dressed in a dark suit with a ribbon pinned to the lapel of his jacket. In front of them there is a large group of children sitting on the ground. A yard and some buildings can be seen in the background. According to the photo's owner, it was taken in the village of Sucha in the Pomerania [Pomorze] region in 1933 and depicts the wedding of her uncle Leon (...) ; September 1933, Sucha ; 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 ; marriage ; wedding ; wedding customs ; wedding party ; family ; family bonds ; social bonds ; clothing ; Sucha, Sulęczyno 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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