Title

Woman sewing on her porch steps, Bistrita Valley, Moldavia, north-east Romania, c1920-c1945. Artist: Adolph Chevalier

Caption

Woman sewing on her porch steps, Bistrita Valley, Moldavia, north-east Romania, c1920-c1945. Depicting customs and traditional labour in the rural Carpathian Mountains in the first half of the 20th century. The main occupations in this area were the timber industry and livestock farming. The local community were Orthodox Christians who led a very conservative lifestyle.
Chevalier Collection

Date

1963

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Chevalier Collection

Reference

HRM19D59_382

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (1,5Mb) / 17,9in x 10,9in / 5359 x 3271 (300dpi)

Keywords

countryside building buildings female women woman people house home sitting mountain range country steps geography rustic step location century porch sewing NEEDLEWORK thirties Romania Romanian lady concept twenties seated B&W 1940s MONOCHROME Forties black & white black and white B W 1930s 1920s 20th century rural decade geographical feature Moldavia rural life TGN Carpathians photograph Bistrita Valley Chevalier Collection Adolph Chevalier Chevalier Adolph photograph