Field photograph·C00509·1928

Kristos Giorgiou, Alfred Westholm and Lazaros Nikolaou outside a tent at Vouni

Kristos Giorgiou, Alfred Westholm and Lazaros Nikolaou standing outside a tent at Vouni
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00509. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three men stand side by side in front of a large canvas tent with its flap open. The man on the left has his arms folded and wears light trousers and a belt, the man in the centre holds a hat under his arm and wears shorts and knee socks, and the man on the right stands with his hands at his sides. A tree with hanging cloth grows at the right, with hills rising in the background under a bright sky.

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  • Kristos Giorgiou, Alfred Westholm and Lazaros Nikolaou outside a tent at Vouni
Description, scan 2
Three men in light shirts and trousers stand side by side outside a canvas tent, one with his arms folded. The man in the centre, in shorts and knee socks, holds a sun hat tucked under his arm. A tree with hanging cloth and wooden crates stands at right, with a rope strung behind them and low hills in the distance under a bright sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Kristos Giorgiou, Alfred Westholm and Lazaros Nikolaou standing outside a tent. These three men became close friends. "Prison-Kristos" was a former plunderer who became one of the expedition's most skilled excavators. Lazaros was the foreman who led all the workers. Westholm holds his pith helmet under his arm. A tree and mountain in the background.

Swedish, as on the record

Kristos Giorgiou, Alfred Westholm och Lazaros Nikolaou står utanför ett tält. Dessa tre män blev mycket goda vänner. "Fängelse-Kristos" var en före detta plundrare som blev en av expeditionens allra skickligaste utgrävare. Lazaros var förmannen som basade över alla arbetarna. Westholm håller sin tropikhatt under armen. Ett träd och berg i bakgrunden. Vouni Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

Swedish, as on the record

Folk och Fä 4

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)