CITIZENS, ASSOCIATES AND OUTSIDERS
Residents of the Royal Free Town of Podgórze 1784-1915
The inhabitants of Podgórze willingly took part in mass events, e.g. in the Rękawka festival, in other words, a celebration held on the third day of Easter on Lasota Hill near the Church of Saint Benedict, fun with medieval roots, when it was celebrated on the Krakus Mound. During the meeting, members of the Catholic Collective in Kraków Podgórze, active from 1868, were photographed (it was established as the Artisan Collective of Podgórze and Neighbourhood, in the 20th century the name was changed to the General Society of Handicrafts).
Clerical and institutional workers as well as members of their families willingly posed for joint photographs, however, only a few such photographs remain today. Wishing to show as many former inhabitants of Podgórze as possible, using modern techniques, we have used figures from photographs presenting the construction of the town.
Members of the Catholic Collective on the steps of the parish church, undated
(ANK, ref. no. A-IV-1305)
Participants of the blessing, by Archbishop Adam Sapieha, of the largest bell for the church in Podgórze, funded by the Catholic Collective, with the inscription “Praise God and in commemoration of the Ignacy Mościcki government of the Republic of Poland, the Catholic Craftsmen »Mutual Help« Group in Kraków Podgórze funded me in 1931 and gave me the name Ignacy”, 1 November 1931 (ANK, ref. no. KCZ 35)
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Workers of the Health Maintenance Organization in Podgórze in 1917
(ANK, ref. no. A-III-480)
The family of Antoni Mateczny
(ANK, ref. no. MI-23c-147)
Inhabitants of the town captured in photographs presenting the construction of Podgórze
(ANK, ref. no. A-IV-38, A-IV-464, A-IV-465, A-IV-490, A-IV-533, A-IV-670, A-IV-671, A-IV-694, A-IV-695, A-IV-696, A-IV-697, A-IV-727, A-V-663, A-V-1382, A-V-1388, A-V-1406, A-V-1659)
