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[An anniversary of January Uprising] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo shows people standing along a cemetery wall in a long row holding a white-and-red band. Wreaths of flowers lie at their feet. There are numerous people in uniforms, but also civilian men, women and children. At the far end of the row of people there is an armed man facing the soldiers ; According to the owner of the photograph, it shows Poles taking part in the celebration of the 71st anniversary of the January uprising. The ninth person from the right is her father, a legionnaire, Jan (...) ; January 1934, Kobryń, now Belarus ; 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:January Uprising (1863-1864) ; Polish Legions (1914-1918) ; ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; spiritual culture ; historical celebration ; memory ; national identity ; patriotism ; social bonds ; army ; Kobryń, Brest-region (Belarus)
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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