[KRAKOW - The synagogue in Kazimierz, Krakow, at 24 Szeroka Street and the Monument to Grazyna and Litawor in the Planty - situational photographs]. [l. 1930s]. Set of 2 plates form ca 9.5x14.5 cm (total form ca 23x16.5 cm), by Stanislaw Mucha in Krakow.
In the first shot, a view of one of the oldest surviving synagogues in Poland - the Old Synagogue from the southwest side. The second shot shows the Monument to Grazyna (the heroine of Mickiewicz's poem), depicting a scene in which Grazyna steals a knight's armor from the sleeping Litawor at night to lead the Lithuanian army to war with the Teutonic Knights on his behalf; the monument was built in 1884, designed by Alfred Daun, and funded by Henryk Jordan. Photos prepared for publication. Prints in the lower margins: "Cracow. Jüd. synagogue XIV. Synagoge XIV. Jh.", "Fot. St. Mucha". Good condition.
S. Mucha (1895-1976) - photographer from Krakow, specialist in panoramic photography. During the First World War he photographed the activities of the Polish Legions. From 1922 he studied law in Cracow and became a photojournalist for the IKC. In 1929 he opened his own atelier in Cracow, focused on landscape photography, as well as documenting the architecture and life of Cracow. He has been a member of the ZPAF since 1952.
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