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Polish Nationality Room
February 16, 1940
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Title
Polish Nationality Room
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
February 16, 1940
Identifier
POCR01.UA
Description
The Polish Classroom is inspired by the Wawel Castle located in Kracow during the sixteenth century in the middle of the Polish Renaissance. The painting shows Copernicus studying the sky as Poland's most famous Astronomer. The ceiling was painted by artist from Poland who required a dozen fresh eggs each day to mix egg tempera paints. The Polish Room was dedicated on February 16, 1940. This room, along with twenty five other Nationality Rooms all with different architectural styles, was conceived in the 1920s by sociologist Ruth Crawford Mitchell as a means of linking the university with the immigrant culture of the steel working families.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Rooms
Classrooms
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Polish Room
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Nationality Rooms
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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