Field photograph·C00919

Christmas Eve 1927, distribution of Christmas presents, Nicosia

Christmas Eve 1927 gathering in a Nicosia room, with torn wrapping paper scattered over the floor and a decorated tree.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00919. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A family and guests sit in a room decorated for Christmas, with striped curtains, paper garlands and a candle-lit tree at left. A woman on the left reads a book, another woman holds a toddler on her knee, and a man in a dark suit reads at the front right. Torn wrapping paper covers the floor around a wooden table with small toys.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Family group in a decorated room with wrapping paper strewn on the floor after the Christmas presents are given out, Nicosia.
Description, scan 2
Adults and children sit and stand around a table in a decorated room with striped curtains, paper garlands and a small fir tree. Wrapping paper and packing material cover the floor, and a man in a dark suit reads a small book at the front right. A candelabrum with white candles stands on a side table, and a hat lies on a table in the foreground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Christmas Eve 1927, distribution of Christmas presents, Nicosia.

Swedish, as on the record

Julafton 1927, julklappsutdelning Nicosia Svenska Cypernexpeditionen