The photograph shows a tall, wooden cross standing next to a brick wayside shrine, whose a upper portion is visible in a picture. At the top of the shrine is placed a cross with a figure of Christ. Both crosses are standing against the background of trees stripped of leaves ; The author of the photograph was the father of the photo owner. He was an engineer - building roads and bridges (a specialization in the former KK Austria), Mikołaj Bogdanowicz. During the 1st World War, as a native of Galicia, he was appointed to the Austrian army. In this army he was the commander of three companies of engineers, one of whom was Jewish company. The area of its operation was Volhynia and partially Podolia, where during many months of "stopping" of the front he was building trenches, roads, bridges, etc. ; the period of 1st World War, Podolia, now Ukraine ; 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)
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[Bogdanowicz, Mikołaj], [ok. 1914-1918], [Kapliczka i krzyż] [Dokument ikonograficzny] | Jan 12, 2023 |
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