Object structure
Title:

[Newlyweds and wedding guests] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1913]

Description:

The photo depicts women and men in regional / folk costumes standing in front of a brick building. The newlyweds are probably in the centre of the group. Two couples are sitting in chairs (bridesmaids and best men?). The women are in white bonnets, blouses with puffed sleeves and long skirts with white aprons; the men are wearing hats and coats / frock coats, some of them tied with white ornamental sashes. Among the guests there are also musicians. In the foreground there is a man with a violin and another one with a bagpipe (this may be the so-called “wedding” bagpipe). There is an inscription at the back of the photo: “Year 1913, March. The wedding of my grandfather Piotr and Jadwiga (...) taken by an unknown photographer in the village of Pasierby” The photo depicts the young couple with their families ; March 1913, Pasierby, district gostyński, voiv. Wielkopolskie ; 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:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; woman ; man ; wedding ; newlyweds ; family ; wedding party ; wedding customs ; family bonds ; folk costume ; regional costume ; clothing ; Pasierby, Pępowo commune (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 153-1

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

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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