![Photograph of a member of the "Sokół" Gymnastics Society in uniform. Kraków, Photo by T. Jabłoński. [Early 20th century]](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/40/Photograph-of-a-member-of-the-Sokol-Gymnastics-Society-in-uniform-Krakow-Photo-by-T-Jablonski-Early-20th-centu_6adfe9c392c96-full-11990300_1793059269-6adfe9c51d474.jpg "Photograph of a member of the \"Sokół\" Gymnastics Society in uniform. Kraków, Photo by T. Jabłoński. [Early 20th century]")
Photograph of a member of the "Sokół" Gymnastics Society in uniform. Kraków, Photo by T. Jabłoński. [Early 20th century]
Photograph of a member of the “Sokół” Gymnastics Society in uniform. Kraków, Photo by T. Jabłoński. [Early 20th century]
Photograph (silver gelatin print) mounted on original cardboard backing. Dimensions: 16.4 x 10.4 cm. Minor soiling.
An elderly man with a bushy mustache, shown from the chest up, wearing a "Sokół" uniform with epaulets, a sash, and a falcon badge on the collar. On the lower margin of the backing, there is gold embossing featuring medals and the studio’s signature: “T. Jabłoński Kraków.” On the reverse, an advertising vignette of the workshop: “Awarded an honorary diploma, a gold medal, and a bronze medal by the Imperial-Royal Minister of Commerce. Tadeusz Jabłoński, Kraków, Franciszkańska Street 4. Phone 614.”
The Polish Gymnastics Society “Sokół,” founded in Lviv in 1867, (Kraków—1885), combined physical education with patriotic and paramilitary activities; its members formed the core of the Sokół Teams and Legions.
T. Jabłoński—a Kraków photographer active at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, who ran a studio at 4 Franciszkańska Street and won awards at exhibitions.
Photograph of a member of the “Sokół” Gymnastics Society in uniform. Kraków, Photo by T. Jabłoński. [Early 20th century]
Photograph (silver gelatin print) mounted on original cardboard backing. Dimensions: 16.4 x 10.4 cm. Minor soiling.
An elderly man with a bushy mustache, shown from the chest up, wearing a "Sokół" uniform with epaulets, a sash, and a falcon badge on the collar. On the lower margin of the backing, there is gold embossing featuring medals and the studio’s signature: “T. Jabłoński Kraków.” On the reverse, an advertising vignette of the workshop: “Awarded an honorary diploma, a gold medal, and a bronze medal by the Imperial-Royal Minister of Commerce. Tadeusz Jabłoński, Kraków, Franciszkańska Street 4. Phone 614.”
The Polish Gymnastics Society “Sokół,” founded in Lviv in 1867, (Kraków—1885), combined physical education with patriotic and paramilitary activities; its members formed the core of the Sokół Teams and Legions.
T. Jabłoński—a Kraków photographer active at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, who ran a studio at 4 Franciszkańska Street and won awards at exhibitions.
