In other lands: Bohemia

The formation of the Czechoslovak Republic at the close of the World War brought together as the Czech, or Bohemian, nation the Slavs of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. Czechoslovakia owes its sound financial and industrial position to men who ome of that enduring Slavic stock which for centuries has dominated Bohemia and Moravia. Shows Bohemians in traditional peasant dress and tells of the Bohemian farming peasants way of life - selling their produce at the market, attending church, celebrating a wedding, and particularly focuses on their various costume of dress. Photography by Horace C. Shimeld.