Photograph·pht_05374·c.1966

Lions Club excursion to Ancient Salamis

Group of visitors and a uniformed man among ancient stone ruins, with a carved stone block at right
Photograph: Edmond Torikian, c.1966. pht_05374. "Lions Club excursion to Ancient Salamis". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

A crowd of men and a woman stand on dirt ground in front of a wall of stacked ancient stone blocks and rubble. Several men wear dark suits and sunglasses, one man in a light uniform and cap stands at left, and a boy in a grey sweater leans on a large cylindrical stone block at right. Some people look toward the ruins, while others are turned toward the group.

English

A group of visitors stands among the ruins of Salamis during a Lions Club excursion to Famagusta. A woman in a headscarf and light coat stands at left, and a man in a uniform cap stands among the group near a cylindrical stone block at right.

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Inscription on the envelope with pen: Lions Club Excursion

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