The photograph shows a group of soldiers in uniforms or soldier coats, some of them have rifles. Some of them are sitting on the grass, some are standing and talking with two young women with baskets at their feet. One woman holds in her hands a piece of cheese (?), the second some bread (?). Women are covered with warm shawls, wear white aprons and shoes on their feetThe photograph shows a group of soldiers in uniforms or soldier coats, some of them have rifles. Some of them are sitting on the grass, some are standing and talking with two young women with baskets at their feet. One woman holds in her hands a piece of cheese (?), the second some bread (?). Women are covered with warm shawls, wear white aprons and shoes on their feet ; 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 the 1st World War, around Rivne (Volhynia, 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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Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund
Oct 27, 2022
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https://rcin.org.pl/publication/59538
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[Bogdanowicz, Mikołaj], [ok. 1914-1918], [Dwie kobiety wśród żołnierzy] [Dokument ikonograficzny] | Oct 27, 2022 |
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