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[Pupils with teachers in front of a school] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo depicts a large group of school pupils (several dozen) posing for the photo in a few rows. The girls are sitting in two rows at the bottom; the boys – in two rows at the top. The teachers are standing on both sides of the group, on the left and on the right. There is a part of a large brick building in the background. Some of the children are dressed in uniforms, some are in ordinary but festive clothes. According to the photo's owner, it was taken in Karsin in 1930 and depicts, among others, her uncle Edward (...) as the primary school headmaster and another teacher (...). On the back of the photo there is the following inscription: "III grade, 1930 in Karsin ; 1930, Karsin, voiv. gdańskie ; 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 ; upbringing ; clothing ; Karsin, Kościerzyna district (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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