A memento of the baptism] [An iconographic document

village Koślinka, elbląskie voivodeship

Zdjęcie przesłane na konkurs "Fotografia polskiej wsi" do 1948 roku, organizowany w 1983 r. przez kwartalnik "Fotografia" i tygodnik "Nowa Wieś". Odbitka zdjęcia przechowywana w Instytucie Archeologii i Etnologii PAN (dawniej Instytut Historii Kultury Materialnej)

According to the owner of the photo, it shows the christening of Teresa Ludorf in the village of Koślinka. The child is being held by its godparents: Krystyna (...) and Wiktor (...) (the photo’s owner’s father)

The photo shows six people and a baby posing for the photo against a background of a cottage with a thatched roof. In the foreground a man and a woman are sitting on chairs and holding a child in a white baby’s short clothes. A young woman in a black, short-sleeved dress, an elderly man and woman and a slim, tall woman in a jersey are standing behind themThe photo shows six people and a baby posing for the photo against a background of a cottage with a thatched roof. In the foreground a man and a woman are sitting on chairs and holding a child in a white baby’s short clothes. A young woman in a black, short-sleeved dress, an elderly man and woman and a slim, tall woman in a jersey are standing behind them

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)