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Arraiolos, Portugal, 1959. Another non-Hungarian photo in the Fortepan archive, this one from the University Wisconsin Milwakuee Library.
What a face, and what a look!
Source: [260005] / UWM Libraries
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A very typical image of a horse-mounted herdsman on the Great Hungarian Plain or puszta. Known as 'csikós' in Hungarian, they display great horsemanship— not to mention great whip-handling abilities too. They occupy a similar position to that of the American cowboy in Hungarian consciousness. Goulash, authentically a meat soup, originated from them as a one of their typical meals.
Source: Fortepan [292571] / Tibor Inkey
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Budapest, 1977. Tailors at work at the Police Clothing Store in the Pest County Police Headquarters in Budapest's XIV District. There is something almost reverential about people who sew: the way they bow their heads in quiet contemplation at the miracle of their handwork.
Source: Fortepan [22487] / Magyar Rendőr [Hungarian Police]
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Vác,1960. Hungary's only triumphal arch, built in 1764 in honour of the visit by the Habsburg Maria Theresa who was at that time was the queen of Hungary. The story goes that the arch was so newly built when she arrived that, fearing it might collapse, she refused to ride through it.
The car in the photo is an East German AWZ P70 "Zwickau".
Source: Foretpan [178231] / Bojár Sándor
#fortepan #Hungary #Vác #TriumphalArch #Kőkapu #Zwickau #MariaTheresa #Habsburg
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Hungary, 1930. The sign above the pub reads "Wine, Beer, Pálinka" (fruit brandy). Pálinka is now a "protected designation origin" in the EU which means the term “pálinka” can only be used by Hungary for an alcoholic drink distilled from any fruit grown on Hungarian soil.
There is also a sign on the front for Unicum, a distinctive herbal liquor, made by Zwack, that is still popular in Hungary today.
Source: Foretpan [6258] / Fortepan
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Hungary, 1972. A wonderfully atmospheric photo of a cashier in a small pub or liquor store, somewhere in Hungary. Could be a scene from a Béla Tarr movie.
Source: Fortepan / Urbán Tamás