Photo, Print, Drawing Family Portrait: Armengol Arajol, Casa Banyetes de La Massana. Retrato de la familia Armengol Arajol, casa Banyetes de la Massana
About this Item
Title
- Family Portrait: Armengol Arajol, Casa Banyetes de La Massana.
Other Title
- Retrato de la familia Armengol Arajol, casa Banyetes de la Massana
Summary
- Shown here is a portrait of the Armengol Arajol family, taken in La Massana, Andorra, circa 1916-18. Little is known about the family or about the photographer, Josep Luís Molné Salines (1881-1967). The house where such a family lived (perhaps together with any servants and laborers) would be the backbone of their lives. It would form part of the undivided established inheritance with the other assets related to agropastoral activities, such as buildings, land, and animals, which passed into the hands of a single hereter (heir or heiress), ensuring transmission from one generation to the next. Other siblings had to leave the house or remain single. The master of the house assumed authority within the family unit and before community institutions. La Massana is one of seven parishes in the principality, located on its west side, abutting the borders with France and Spain. The area is largely rural and includes the tallest mountain in Andorra, Pic de Coma Pedrosa, at 2,943 meters above sea level. Large flocks of sheep and goats from Spain and France often summer in Andorra. La Massana is also the name of the largest town in the parish.
Names
- Molné Salines, Josep Luís, 1881-1967 Photographer.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1916 to 1918]
Headings
- - Andorra--La Massana--Anyós
- - 1916 to 1918
- - Clothing and dress
- - Families
- - Group portraits
- - Portrait photographs
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 1 photograph : black-and-white ; 13 x 18 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: National Library and National Archives of Andorra.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670960
Online Format
- compressed data
- image