Louise Boyd was honored in 1934 by being selected as the U.S. representative to the International Geographical Congress in Warsaw, Poland. Always the intrepid traveler and observer, Louise set out on a 3 month journey across the Polish countryside, after the Congress, photographing and recording the customs, dress, economy and culture of the many ethnic Poles and Russians in the newly formed nation. The journey, by car, rail, boat and on foot took her through regions that are now part of the Ukraine and Belarus today. Her travel narrative was supplemented with over 500 photographs and published by the American Geographical Society in 1937 as Polish Countrysides.
Sept. 11, 1934 Poland Journal Entry
Czestochowa…market in square, 13 covered wagons with cross
being carried in front…barefoot women walking, men with high boots, all wagons
half covered, half open. The covered part is decorated with artificial flowers
and garlands.
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