[KRAKOW - Kurk Fraternity - group photograph]. [not after 1931?] Photograph form. 29x39 cm on oryg....

[KRAKOW - Kurk Fr aternity - group photograph]. [not after 1931?] Photograph form. 29x39 cm on original backing form. 43.5x55 cm, taken at the Zaklad Fotograficzny R[udolf] Wiśniewskiego in Kraków.
Depicts a group of several dozen members of the Brotherhood and accompanying persons (clergy, city dignitaries) posed for a commemorative photograph during a ceremony against the backdrop of King Jan Sobieski's monument in Strzelecki Park. A large number of delegates dressed in ceremonial attire with decorations. In the center one can see the king of the chanter in 1931 Eng. Władysław Bieniarz (1879-1953 - from 1927 the custodian of the brotherhood and in 1946-1951 its president) with the symbol of the brotherhood and the most important insignia of the chanter king - a silver hen. Visible next to him are, among others, marshals Jan Burzynski, Wladyslaw Burkiewicz, members of the fraternity's authorities, president and vice-presidents - with scepters, staffs and wearing chains. Visible in the front row are, among others, members of the brotherhood in żupans with crossbows. In the lower right corner of the backing an imprint: "R. Wisniewski - Photographer - Cracow Karmelicka 15". Photo pasted on original cardboard backing and mounted in original passe-partout. In the upper left corner of the photo a trace of a washed out advertising label of the establishment. Backing slightly stained, overall good condition.
R. Wisniewski - in 1913 bought the photographic atelier of Stanislaw Stadler at 15 Karmelicka Street in Cracow, which he still ran in the 1920s.
The "Bractwo Kurkowe" Shooting Society in Krakow (Krakowskie Bractwo Kurkowe, Szkoła Strzelecka, Towarzystwo Strzeleckie Krakowskie) - a Krakow-based shooting organization, existing since the 14th century, initially functioning as a paramilitary guild organization, today conducting primarily social activities, annually organizing a contest for the King of the Bractwo Kurkowe. (Wikipedia).