Co jeździło, pływało i latało w Bydgoszczy w przełomowym roku 1920. Obraz środków transportu na podstawie "Dziennika Bydgoskiego"

Abstract

The aim of the article is to present the image of means of transport that has been created in the crucial 1920. This year, Bydgoszcz and other cities of Pomerania returned to Poland after 148 years of Prussian occupation. The image of Pomeranian means of transport is reconstructed on the basis of articles, notes and notices which were published in the “Dziennik Bydgoski” in 1920. Bydgoszcz was a very important, extremely diverse and branched junction and for this reason the means of transport are very frequent subject of the many texts of this daily. “Dziennik Bydgoski” was the official newspaper of the Polish Christian Democratic Party and for this reason the means of transport was presented in accordance with the ideology of Christian-Democrat. This article sequentially pres bicycles ent a cultural and linguistic image of: horse- drawn vehicles, horses, handcarts, cars, motorcycles, trams, ships and trains. The merit of “Dziennik Bydgoski” was to promote the image of Polish means of transport which successfully contributed to repolonization of Bydgoszcz and Pomerania.