3/30/2011

Vintage streetstyle, post 21: Genovéva


 Photo sent by Soňa V.: "On the picture is my great-grandmother Genovéva. It was taken in the 20's in a New York photo studio, so it's not exactly a streetstyle picture, but it represents great-grandma's style quite well. She was a great dame who liked to dress up, and constantly reminded her daughter to dress in a nice and elegant way. She traveled to America to visit her siblings, on the picture she is about 20 years old. With her husband Antonín, they were relatively rich - they owned a coffee roastery in the village of Gajary. They were among the first people to have a flush toilet in their home, and the people from the village were coming to see it, just like a miracle :-) They lost the roastery in the 40's, resulting in poor Antonín ending up in a psychiatric facility and Genoveva working till the end of her life as a tobacconist seller in Bratislava - first at Mlynské Nivy, later at the intersection of the Záhradnícka and Karadžičova streets."
Right now I am not sure if I am taken more by the old pictures you are sending, or by the life stories of the people on them.... Either way, thank you so much!

Fotku poslala Soňa V.: "Na fotke je moja prababka Genovéva. Fotka vznikla v dvadsiatych rokoch v New Yorku, vo fotografickom ateliéri, čiže nejde doslova o streetstyle obrázok, ale prababkin štýl zachytáva dokonale. Bola to veľká dáma, rada sa parádila, aj svojej dcére celý život dohovárala, nech sa pekne a elegantne oblieka. Do Ameriky šla navštíviť svojich súrodencov, na fotke má približne 20 rokov. S manželom Antonínom boli celkom bohatí - vlastnili pražiareň kávy v dedinke Gajary. Boli medzi prvými ľuďmi, ktorí v tých končinách mali doma splachovacie WC, ľudia z dediny sa naňho chodili pozerať ako na zázrak :) O pražiareň v štyridsiatych rokoch prišli, dôsledkom čoho chudák Antonín skončil na psychiatrii a Genovéva potom do konca života robila v Bratislave predavačku v trafike - najprv pri železnici na Mlynských nivách, neskôr na križovatke Záhradníckej a Karadžičovej ulice."
V tejto chvíli neviem, či ma bavia viac vaše fotky alebo životné príbehy ľudí na nich... Každopádne krásne ďakujem!

6 comments:

  1. Najviac klobúk a topánky! A elegancia nie len v oblečení, ale aj vo výraze a pohľade.
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  2. veru ten pribeh je fest silny. a uzasna fotka, uzasne oblecko, perfektny styl! ked tak nad tym premyslam - preco sa tato nadherna moda neopakuje?? nebolo by to uzasne? :)

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  3. ako z nejakého filmu! :D nemám slov..

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