Portrait of a bride and groom; hat is adorned with feathers for luck, Kraków, Poland. 1912 autochrome by Tadeusz Rząca [590 x 786]

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bibimbab111 on November 18th, 2017 at 01:47 UTC »

Hard to look at this photo without thinking about what Poland went through thirty years later and how it might have affected these two people.

Crowe410 on November 18th, 2017 at 01:59 UTC »

Higher resolution version and related National Geographic article

gone-phishing-again on November 18th, 2017 at 03:05 UTC »

This is beautiful! My polish great-great grandparents immigrated to America from the Krakow area right around this time frame. It's interesting to picture this as potential clothing they wore!