Field photograph·C00816·1927–28

Departure at Lapithos

Men and children beside a lorry at Lapithos, loaded with wheelbarrows and wooden frames under a tarpaulin — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00816. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A lorry stands in a yard with a tall load of wooden wheelbarrows and planks lashed under a tarpaulin, and a man sits on top of the load. Around the vehicle, about eleven men, boys and a girl in a headscarf stand and watch the camera, some holding a bag, a cup and a basket. A corrugated iron roof and a plastered wall form the background, and the lorry carries painted registration letters on its side.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A lorry stands in a yard against a wall with a corrugated roof, its load of wooden frames with spoked wheels roped down under canvas. A man bends over the top of the load while about ten men stand around the vehicle, one in an apron and one holding a small box. A woman in a headscarf stands at lower right, and the side of the truck bears painted lettering and a registration.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Departure. Lapithos.

Swedish, as on the record

Avfärden. Lapithos. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen