[KRAKOW - ashes of the bard Juliusz Słowacki brought to Kraków - situational photograph]. [28 VI 1927]. Photograph form. 8.8x13.8 cm by Aleksander Siermontowski in Kraków.
Depicts the assembled participants of the national celebration at Lubicz Street near the railway station just before the arrival of the bard's ashes by train from Warsaw. The coffin with the ashes was carried to the Barbican, where it was displayed on a catafalque, to be placed on Wawel Castle the following day eighty years after the poet's death. In the lower right corner of the negative the inscription: "Słowacki's ashes at the train station". On the reverse side stamp: "Photographed by A. Siermontowski [...]". Corners slightly rubbed, overall good condition.
A. Siermontowski (1889-1942) - architect, mountaineer and photographer. During the First World War a soldier of the 2nd Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions. Since 1910 he practiced climbing and skiing. For a short period he ran a photographic establishment in Cracow. He was passionate about photography, taking pictures in the Tatra Mountains, Cracow and the Malopolska region. He published postcards and albums. His photographs were reproduced in "Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny" and "Światowid", among others.
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