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Field photograph·C01126·1930

Excursion to Limassol, with a stop at Amathus

People crowded into an open car on a dirt road along the coast, on the excursion to Limassol
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01126. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An open-topped car with several men and a child crowded into its back and front seats drives toward the camera along a sandy coastal road. Rough sea with breaking waves lies to the right, and scrub bushes and loose stones line the roadside. Low hills show on the far left horizon.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Open touring car with five people on a dusty road running along the coast beside the sea.Full resolution
Description, scan 2
An open-topped touring car with a dark body, a windscreen and spoked wheels drives along a pale, dusty coast road. Five people sit in and on the car, several in hats and dark suits. To the right, waves break against rocky shore, with low scrub along the road edge and hills visible on the far left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Excursion to Limassol, with a stop at Amathus. The Volvo is full of people, among them Alfred Westholm and John Lindros, possibly Gudrun Atterman and Toulis Souidos.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").

Swedish, as on the record

Utflykt till Limassol, halt i Amathus. Volvon full av människor, bland annat Alfred Westholm och John Lindros, möjligtvis Gudrun Atterman samt Toulis Souidos. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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