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Field photograph·C00702

Buildings, people and chairs in the Kyrenia Mountains

Two-storey whitewashed building with a wooden balcony, men standing on it and seated on chairs under the porch
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00702. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-storey whitewashed building with a tiled roof and a wooden balcony with lattice railings on the upper floor. Four men stand on the balcony, and two men sit on wooden chairs under the ground-floor porch at left, one wearing a helmet. Two more men stand or walk on the bare ground in front of the building, and a wooden bench stands near the porch posts.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Two-storey whitewashed building with a timber-railed balcony, men standing on it and seated men in wooden chairs outside
Description, scan 2
A two-storey whitewashed building with a tiled roof and a timber-railed upper balcony stands on open, sandy ground. Four men stand on the balcony looking towards the camera, while two seated men in wooden chairs sit at the left beside a low bench. A standing man in a light jacket and another figure stand to the right, and a pale shape lies on the ground in the foreground.

English, translated from the original record

Buildings, people and chairs in the Kyrenia Mountains.

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